Unsafe handguns: exemptions.

Existing law makes it a crime for any person in this state to manufacture, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Under existing law, this prohibition does not apply to the sale or purchase of a handgun if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the Department of Alcohol Beverage Control, the Division of Investigation of the Department of Consumer Affairs, and the Department of Motor Vehicles, among other entities, or a sworn member of these entities who has satisfactorily completed the firearms portion of a training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law makes the improper storage of an unsafe handgun in an unattended vehicle a crime. This bill would make the prohibitions on unsafe handguns inapplicable to the sale or purchase of a handgun if the handgun is sold to, or purchased by, additional specified entities for use by sworn members of those entities, including the California Horse Racing Board and the State Department of Public Health. Because the bill would expand the application of the crime of improperly storing an unsafe handgun in an unattended vehicle to additional persons, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.