AB 2245: Firearms: prohibitions: exemptions: probation departments.

Session Year: 2015-2016
House: Assembly
Latest Version Date: 2016-06-30

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Existing law makes it a crime for any person in this state to manufacture, import into the state, 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 Corrections and Rehabilitation or to any federal law enforcement agency, among other entities.

This bill would also make the above prohibition inapplicable to the sale to, or purchase by, a probation department, or a sworn member of a probation department if that person satisfies certain requirements. The bill would prohibit a person who obtains an unsafe handgun pursuant to this exemption from selling the handgun or otherwise transferring ownership of the handgun to a person who is not exempt from the above prohibition.

This bill would require a person, with exceptions, who obtains an unsafe handgun pursuant to this exemption to, when leaving the handgun in an unattended vehicle, as defined, lock the handgun in the vehicles trunk or lock the handgun in a locked container, as defined, and place the container out of plain view. The bill would make a violation of this provision an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000. By creating a new crime, 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.

Discussed in Hearing