(

a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (e), a violation of this

article is a misdemeanor. (

b) If any of the following circumstances apply, a violation of this

article is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (

h) of

Section for two, three, or four years:

(1) If the violation is of subdivision (

a) of

Section 27500.

(2) If the defendant has a prior conviction of violating the provisions, other than

Section 27535,

Section involving a firearm that is not a handgun, or

Section involving a firearm that is not a handgun, of this

article or former

Section of this code, as

Section read at any time from when it was enacted by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of to when it was repealed by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of 1994, or

Section of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(3) If the defendant has a prior conviction of violating any offense specified in

Section or of a violation of

Section or 33410, or of former

Section 12560, as that

section read at any time from when it was enacted by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of to when it was repealed by

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of 1990, or of any provision listed in

Section 16590.

(4) If the defendant is in a prohibited class described in

Chapter 2 (commencing with

Section 29800) or

Chapter 3 (commencing with

Section 29900) of Division of this title, or

Section or of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(5) A violation of this

article by a person who actively participates in a “criminal street gang” as defined in

Section 186.22.

(6) A violation of

Section involving the delivery of any firearm to a person who the dealer knows, or should know, is a minor. (

c) If any of the following circumstances apply, a violation of this

article shall be punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or pursuant to subdivision (

h) of

Section 1170, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment:

(1) A violation of

Section 27515, 27520, or subdivision (

b) of

Section 27500.

(2) A violation of

Section involving the sale, loan, or transfer of a handgun or a centerfire semiautomatic rifle to a minor.

(3) A violation of

Section involving the delivery of a handgun or a centerfire semiautomatic rifle.

(4) A violation of subdivision (a), (c), (d), (e), or (

f) of

Section involving a handgun or a centerfire semiautomatic rifle.

(5) A violation of

Section involving a handgun or a centerfire semiautomatic rifle.

(6) A violation of

Section 27550.

(7) A violation of

Section involving a handgun or a centerfire semiautomatic rifle. (

d) If both of the following circumstances apply, an additional term of imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (

h) of

Section for one, two, or three years shall be imposed in addition and consecutive to the sentence prescribed:

(1) A violation of

Section or subdivision (

b) of

Section 27500.

(2) The firearm transferred in violation of

Section or subdivision (

b) of

Section is used in the subsequent commission of a felony for which a conviction is obtained and the prescribed sentence is imposed. (e)

(1) A first violation of

Section is an infraction punishable by a fine of fifty dollars ($50).

(2) A second violation of

Section is an infraction punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).

(3) A third or subsequent violation of

Section is a misdemeanor.

(4) For purposes of this subdivision, each application to purchase a handgun or semiautomatic centerfire rifle in violation of

Section is a separate offense.