Firearms: safety certificate instructional materials.

Existing law requires a person who purchases or receives a firearm to possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable. Existing law prohibits the sale, delivery, or transfer of a firearm to a person who does not possess a valid and unexpired firearm safety certificate or handgun safety certificate, as applicable. Existing law requires an applicant for a firearm safety certificate to pass an objective test, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide instructional and testing materials in English and Spanish. This bill would also require these instructional and testing materials to be available in Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Korean, Dari, and Armenian. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 31640 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1598 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1598 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.