Hermosa Beach Police Chief Greg Savelli said people may not legally carry guns onto the beach, after gun rights advocates raised the possibility of carrying unloaded weapons in holsters onto the sand.Â
The group South Bay Open Carry plans a trash pickup event in which people will carry unloaded weapons, along with ammunition, on the streets in western Hermosa. The event on Saturday, July 10, is designed to publicize the legal right to bear arms in plain sight in California.Â
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Fortunately, a violation appears to be merely an infraction punishable by a $100 fine.
12.28.190 — Violation — Infraction.
All violations of the provisions of this chapter shall be infractions. (Prior code § 22-19 (part))
12.28.030 — Park regulations generally.
Within the limits of any public park or playground, no person shall:
2. Carry or discharge any firearms, firecrackers, rockets, torpedoes or any other fireworks, or air gun or slingshot;
1.04. 030 Infractions.
Penalties. Any person violating any provision or failing to comply with any mandatory requirement of this Code expressly stated by this Code to be an infraction shall be guilty of an infraction. Except as otherwise provided in this Code, any person convicted of an infraction shall be punishable by:
A fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100.00) for a first violation;
A fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for a second violation of the same provision of the Code within one year;
A fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each additional violation of the same provision of the Code within one year.
No counsel for infractions at public expense.An infraction is not punishable by imprisonment. A person charged with an infraction shall not be entitled to have the public defender or other counsel appointed at public expense to represent him or her unless he or she is arrested and not released on his or her written promise to appear, on his or her own recognizance, or on a deposit of bail.
I received an email from the Torrance Police Department:
“Hello Mr. Nichols…
I hear Friday’s photo op was very successful for you and quite uneventful for us…which is a good thing. It truly pays off to work together with mutual respect. We accomplished what we set out to do…have a win-win situation!
Thanks again for working with the Torrance Police Department. Take care.”
As you can see, the difference in attitude between the Hermosa Beach, Torrance PD and the Redondo Beach PD is night and day. The first two cities obey the law, Redondo Beach makes it up as it pleases.