Title 13 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE›Division 8 — WEAPONS
Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 13.63 Threats with Replica Firearms
Los Angeles County Municipal Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Los Angeles County
Cite as: Los Angeles County Municipal Code Chapter 13.63 · Text as of 2026-10-04
13.63.010 - Replica firearms and firearms—Definitions.¶
A.
As used in this chapter, the term "replica firearm" means and shall include any device or object made of plastic, wood, metal, or any other material, which is a facsimile or toy version of or is otherwise recognizable as a pistol, revolver, shotgun, sawed- off shotgun, rifle, machine gun, rocket launcher, or any other firearm, as that term is used under the provisions of Sections 12001, 12001.5, 12020(d)(1) and 12570 of the State Penal Code.
B.
For the purposes of this chapter, the meaning of "firearm" shall be the same as the meaning of that term under the State Dangerous Weapons Control laws, and shall include air rifles, pellet guns or BB guns.
(Ord. 87-0145 § 1 (part), 1987.)
13.63.020 - Unlawful activities involving replica or simulated firearms.¶
Every person who, except in self-defense, in the presence of any other person, draws, exhibits or brandishes a replica firearm, or who simulates a firearm in a rude, angry and threatening manner, or who in any manner unlawfully uses the same
in any fight or quarrel and causes the victim to reasonably believe that the person is actually in possession of an operable firearm, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Ord. 87-0145 § 1 (part), 1987.)
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