Firearms: handgun safety certificates: fees charged to veterans.

Existing law generally prohibits a person from purchasing or receiving any handgun without a valid handgun safety certificate. Existing law also generally prohibits a person from selling, delivering, loaning, or transferring any handgun to any person who does not have that certificate. Existing law authorizes a certified instructor to charge a fee of $25 for the certificate, of which $15 is paid to the Department of Justice to cover the costs to the department in carrying out and enforcing the provisions governing handgun safety. Existing law requires that all moneys received by the department be deposited into the Firearms Safety and Enforcement Special Fund, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would provide that a certified instructor shall charge a fee of not more than $10 to any applicant who has been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the Air National Guard. The bill would prohibit the department from charging a fee to a certified instructor for each handgun safety certificate issued by the instructor to an applicant who has been honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the Air National Guard.