Editorial standards

CalGunHub is an independent California firearms news and information site. This page says what we publish, how we source it, and what the labels on our pages mean.

What we publish

• Plain-English guides to California firearm rules and processes.
• Reference data built from public records: the handgun roster, a bill tracker, court case pages, county carry-permit information and the state fee table. The methodology page explains how each one is built.
• The Wire, our news feed on California firearms law and policy.

What we do not publish

• Legal advice. We describe what a statute, a court or an agency says. We do not tell you what you may do.
• Endorsements or rankings of any dealer, instructor or seller.
• Copies of other outlets' articles. The news desk reads sources for facts and writes its own piece.
• Records of what anyone owns. Following a subject here follows a topic, never a person's firearms.

The sourcing rule

A legal or factual claim on this site should link to a primary source: the Penal Code on California Legislative Information, the California Department of Justice, a court record, or the text of a bill. Reporting by another outlet is attributed to that outlet and is not treated as a primary source. A page that has not yet been checked against this rule carries a Draft label, described below.

What "Last verified" means

A page stamped "Last verified" with a date had its statements checked against the primary sources it links, on that date. The stamp is not a promise that nothing has changed since, and it does not mean a lawyer reviewed the page. Follow the source links to confirm the current text.

Draft pages never carry that stamp. They show "Sources retrieved" with a date, which only says when the sources were collected.

What "Draft" means

Some research pages carry a Draft label, for example several guides, the case library, the statute index and the roster history. Those pages were compiled from research and cite their sources, but their records are still marked unverified in our data. We publish them with the label so you can read the sources now and know the review is not finished. Treat a Draft page as a starting point and check the linked source before relying on it.

How the Wire news desk works

Wire stories are drafted by a language model from collected source material, and a story publishes on its own only when it passes every blocking automated check, including a linked source list, a primary document, a guard against copying a source's text and a limit on quotation. A story that fails any blocking check is held until a person reviews it, and published stories are corrected in place or taken down when an error is found. The full pipeline is on the how the news desk works page.

Independence

• There is no paid placement in editorial content: guides, data pages and Wire stories.
• Any paid prominence elsewhere on the site is labelled Featured or Sponsored.
• CalGunHub does not endorse or recommend any dealer, instructor, or seller.

Not legal advice

Informational content on this site is not legal advice. Laws and court orders change, and how they apply depends on your facts. For a decision that matters, read the primary source and talk to a California attorney.

Errors

If something here is wrong, tell us. The corrections page explains how to report an error and lists material corrections.