San Jose charges the most in the nation for a concealed-carry permit, nearly $1,600. On September 16, 2026 the Justice Department sued the city and its police department, arguing the fee is so high it denies ordinary Californians their Second Amendment right to carry.
Federal law bars licensed dealers from selling handguns to 18-to-20-year-olds, but the DOJ has now concluded that ban is unconstitutional and will not be enforced. It is a federal opinion, not a court ruling, and does not override California's 21-year-old rule.
AB 1753 and SB 948 are enrolled and waiting on the Governor. AB 1753 would add ammunition to firearm surrender under restraining orders. SB 948 extends the import reporting window for handguns to 180 days and adds a training requirement to the firearm safety certificate. Neither is law yet.
AB 1615 changes county probation officers’ off-roster service-handgun qualification from at least every 6 months to every 3 months and removes the pre-2021 cutoff for firearms-only POST training. Effective January 1, 2027.
The Ninth Circuit upheld California's gun-store recording mandate (Penal Code section 26806), rejecting First, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment challenges in Richards v. Newsom.
Effective September 1, 2026, California's new CCW renewal fingerprinting, higher fees, and mandatory federal Rap Back enrollment go live for the statewide licensing workflow — a fall workflow shift for CCW renewals.
California and Giffords lost their standing fight to block ATF's carve-out for unfinished AR-15-style receivers, per the Ninth Circuit's August 21 decision.
AB 2047 is enrolled after August 31 passage; its printer-sales restrictions would depend on future standards and DOJ action, with no chaptered law shown in the record checked September 10.
As of Thursday, August 27, 2026, California's DROS Entry System won't let a dealer submit your purchase without your occupation. It isn't a new law — it's a line that has been sitting in Penal Code 28160 all along, and the software finally enforces it. Here's the statute, what the DOJ has and hasn't published, and why the funny answers being passed around the forums carry real criminal exposure.
Glendale just took its CCW application fee from $100 to $1,078 — with renewals at $828. Riverside County charges $20. Same state, same statute, same right, a 50x spread. Here's what you'll actually pay all-in, what the law allows, and why this is headed to court.
