California: Anti-Gun Legislation Introduced

As the 2025–2026 legislative session continues, California lawmakers have predictably introduced new anti-gun legislation in an effort to further erode Second Amendment rights in the Golden State. The bill filing deadline is still more than a week away and additional legislation is expected to be filed in the coming days. Recently, two additional bills were filed, most notably Senate Bill 948 placing onerous training standards as a requirement to obtain a firearm safety certificate. 

At this time bills are still awaiting committee referrals and hearing dates. It's critical that NRA members and Second Amendment supporters remain vigilant throughout the session. 

Senate Bill 948 would dramatically expand California’s Firearm Safety Certificate (FSC) requirements by mandating a minimum eight-hour training course beginning in 2028, including live-fire exercises and state-prescribed classroom instruction. Criminal misuse of firearms is not the result of insufficient government mandates, yet this bill imposes additional regulatory burdens on law-abiding citizens while doing nothing to address crime.

The bill also imposes a new mandate on individuals moving into California, requiring lawful firearm owners to obtain a Firearm Safety Certificate within 60 days and submit documentation to the Department of Justice, adding unnecessary complexity for individuals who have already demonstrated lawful ownership elsewhere.

Assembly Bill 1753 would “clarify” California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order (GVRO) violation framework by explicitly subjecting ammunition possession to the same hearing and enforcement procedures currently applied to firearms. Red flag laws have repeatedly stripped law-abiding citizens of their Second Amendment rights while undermining basic due process protections. Existing red flag laws in California should not be expanded under the guise of “clarification,” but repealed.

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