Firearms: unsafe handguns.

Existing law prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale, or transfer of an unsafe handgun, as defined. Existing law exempts from this prohibition sales to specified law enforcement agencies or other specified government agencies for use by specified employees and sales to specified peace officers. Existing law further requires that the sale of an unsafe handgun to, or its purchase by, certain specified entities, including a county probation department, and members of those entities, is only authorized if the handgun is to be used as a service weapon by a peace officer who has successfully completed the basic course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and who completes a live-fire qualification prescribed by their employing entity at least once every 6 months. This bill would instead exempt sales to, or purchases by, a county probation department and sworn members thereof who have completed specified firearms training prescribed by POST and who complete the above-described live-fire qualification at least once every 3 months.