{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-17140","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 17140","heading":"","body":"As used in Sections 16900 and 31910, “semiautomatic pistol” means a pistol with an operating mode that uses the energy of the explosive in a fixed cartridge to extract a fired cartridge and chamber a fresh cartridge with each single pull of the trigger.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 6. CONTROL OF DEADLY WEAPONS [16000. - 34400.]","TITLE 1. PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS [16000. - 17360.]","DIVISION 2. DEFINITIONS [16100. - 17360.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"7fcb11cf7da75abbefe8efb57831d86343a95b0e0116ef7f773b2345a278e1b1","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-17125","next":"us-ca/pen-17160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}