Is possession of a loaded, operable firearm an enhancement on count 2 of a firearm offence?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Weaver, E060930 (Cal. App. 2014):
involves separate activity from mere possession of a firearm. The court could properly find that the enhancement on count 1 and the possession of a loaded, operable firearm as an element of count 2, constituted two acts, not one. (See People v. Vang (2010) 184 Cal.App.4th 912, 917.)
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