Cal. PEN § 16380
This is the official text of Cal. PEN § 16380, part of California’s Penal Code — defines crimes and sets criminal procedure in California.
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Official statutory text
As used in this part, “chamber load indicator” means a device that plainly indicates that a cartridge is in the firing chamber. A device satisfies this definition if it is readily visible, has incorporated or adjacent explanatory text or graphics, or both, and is designed and intended to indicate to a reasonably foreseeable adult user of the pistol, without requiring the user to refer to a user’s manual or any other resource other than the pistol itself, whether a cartridge is in the firing chamber.
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