As used in this Chapter, except as specifically excluded by Section 3.26.020, "Saturday night special" shall include the following:
(a) 
A pistol, revolver, or firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, as those terms are defined in California Penal Code Section 12001(a), which contains a frame, barrel, breechblock, cylinder or slide that is not completely fabricated of heat-treated carbon steel, forged alloy or other material of equal or higher tensile strength.
(b) 
A semiautomatic pistol which:
(1) 
Is not originally equipped by the manufacturer with a locked-breech action; and
(2) 
Is chambered for cartridges developing maximum permissible breech pressures above twenty-four thousand one hundred copper units of pressure as standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute.
(3) 
For purpose of this subsection (b), "semiautomatic pistol" shall mean a firearm, as defined in California Penal Code Section 12001(b), which is designed to be held and fired with one hand, and which does the following upon discharge: (i) fires the cartridge in the chamber; (ii) ejects the fired cartridge case; and (iii) loads a cartridge from the magazine into the chamber. "Semiautomatic pistol" shall not include any assault weapon designated in California Penal Code Section 12276.
(c) 
A pistol, revolver, or firearm capable of being concealed upon the person, as those terms are defined in California Penal Code Section 12001(a), which:
(1) 
Uses an action mechanism which is substantially identical in design to any action mechanism manufactured in or before 1898 that was originally chambered for rimfire ammunition developing maximum permissible breech pressures below nineteen thousand copper units of pressure as standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute; and
(2) 
Is chambered to fire either centerfire ammunition or rimfire ammunition developing maximum permissible breech pressures above nineteen thousand copper units of pressure as standardized by the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers Institute; and
(3) 
Is not originally equipped by the manufacturer with a nondetachable safety guard surrounding the trigger; or
(4) 
If rimfire, is equipped with a barrel of less than twenty bore diameters in overall length protruding from the frame.
(5) 
For purposes of this subsection (c), "action mechanism" shall mean the mechanism of a firearm by which it is loaded, locked, fired, and unloaded.
(Added by Ord. No. 1867CCS § 2, adopted 10/15/96)
"Saturday night special" does not include any of the following:
(a) 
Any pistol which is an antique or relic firearm or other weapon falling within the specifications of paragraphs (5), (7), and (8) of subsection (b) of California Penal Code Section 12020; or
(b) 
Any pistol for which the propelling force is classified as pneumatic, that is, of, or related to, compressed air or any other gases not directly produced by combustion; or
(c) 
Children's pop guns or toys; or
(d) 
An "unconventional pistol" as defined in California Penal Code Section 12020(c)(12); or
(e) 
Any pistol which has been modified to either render it permanently inoperable or permanently to make it a device no longer classified as a "Saturday night special."
(Added by Ord. No. 1867CCS § 2, adopted 10/15/96)
The City Manager or designee shall compile, publish and thereafter maintain a roster of Saturday night specials, according to administrative procedures to be adopted by the City Manager. The roster shall list those firearms, by manufacturer and model number, which the City Manager or designee determines satisfy the definition of Saturday night special as set forth in Section 3.26.010. After its initial publication, the roster of Saturday night specials shall be published thereafter on a semiannual basis and a copy shall be sent to every dealer within the City who is licensed to sell and transfer firearms pursuant to Penal Code Section 12071, and who has obtained a firearms dealer permit in accordance with Chapter 3.24 of this Code. After its initial publication, the failure to publish a roster on a semiannual basis thereafter shall not be a defense to any violation of this Chapter.
(Added by Ord. No. 1867CCS § 2, adopted 10/15/96)
No person who is obligated to obtain a firearms dealer permit pursuant to Chapter 3.24 of this Code, or any officer, agent or employee thereof, shall sell, offer or display for sale, give, lease, lend or transfer ownership or control of, any firearm listed on the roster of Saturday night specials. This Section shall not preclude a person who has obtained a firearms dealer permit pursuant to Chapter 3.24 and any other required local, State, or Federal licenses, or any officer, employee or agent thereof, from processing firearm transactions between unlicensed parties pursuant to Section 12072(d) of the Penal Code. This Section shall not be enforced until the roster of Saturday night specials has been completed and first published in accordance with Section 3.26.030 of this Code.
(Added by Ord. No. 1867CCS § 2, adopted 10/15/96)
Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit the disposition of any Saturday night special by police departments, Sheriff's offices, marshal's offices, the California Highway Patrol, other local, State and Federal law enforcement agencies, or the military and naval forces of this State or the United States for use in discharge of their official duties.
(Added by Ord. No. 1867CCS § 2, adopted 10/15/96)