Penal Code 417.6 – Brandishing a Firearm with Serious Bodily Injury

Penal Code 417.6 PC is the California Gun Law that makes it a crime for a person to brandish, or wave, a firearm or other deadly weapon at another person, and in doing so, intentionally inflict serious bodily injury on that person.

Note that a “serious bodily injury” is an injury less severe than a “great Bodily Injury”

According to PC 417.6:

“If, in the commission of a violation of Section 417 or 417.8 , serious bodily injury is intentionally inflicted by the person drawing or exhibiting the firearm or deadly weapon, the offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one year or by imprisonment in state prison.”