Firearms: loans: private guard companies.

Existing law provides, subject to exceptions, that where neither party to a firearm transaction holds a firearms dealer's license, the parties to the transaction shall complete the sale, loan, or transfer of that firearm through a licensed firearms dealer, as specified. Existing law, subject to exceptions, generally prohibits a person from transferring firearms unless the person is a licensed firearms dealer. This bill would provide exceptions to those provisions for transfers of firearms to private patrol operators under specified circumstances, and for loans of firearms by private patrol operators to their employees for purposes of use by the employee while acting within the scope and course of the employee's employment, as specified. The bill would make other conforming changes. Existing law authorizes the Department of Justice to impose a fee for each firearm purchased, as specified. Existing law also provides that only a single fee may be charged for certain single transactions occurring on a single day involving multiple firearms. This bill would provide that transfers of multiple firearms to private patrol operators under specified circumstances would be subject to the single transaction fee.