My comments in bold:
Effective January 1, 2003, replaces the Basic Firearm Safety Certificate (BFSC) Program with the Handgun Safety Certificate (HSC) Program. To obtain an HSC, an applicant must be at least 18 years of age and pass a written test administered by a DOJ-certified instructor. The DOJ is required to produce HSC instructional materials in English and in Spanish. Once an HSC is issued by a DOJ- certified instructor, it is valid for five years. Test applicants will be subject to a DOJ fee of $15 and a instructor service fee of up to $10, for a total HSC fee not to exceed $25. Prior to January 1, 2003, the maximum BFSC fee is $20 (PC 12800-12808).
New license and more money to the state and another hurtle for prospective gun owners. As some have pointed out, this system is apparently not in place yet.
Effective January 1, 2003, provides that no firearms dealer may deliver a handgun unless the recipient has a valid HSC or is exempt (pursuant to PC section 12807) from the HSC requirement. The firearms dealer is required to retain a photocopy of the handgun recipient’s HSC as proof of compliance. Any firearms dealer who fails to comply may be removed from the Centralized List of Firearms Dealers and punished by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or in state prison, or by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). With specified exceptions, any loan of a handgun requires that the recipient has a valid HSC. Failure to comply is a misdemeanor (PC 12072 (c) (5)(B).
More paperwork requirements, and penalties if done wrong. More liabilities for the FFL in order to make doing business harder.
Effective January 1, 2003, provides that no firearms dealer may deliver a handgun without first requiring the recipient of that handgun to correctly and properly perform a safe handling demonstration with that handgun. The firearms dealer is required to retain an affidavit signed by himself/herself and the handgun recipient as proof of compliance. Failure to comply may result in removal of the firearms dealer from the Centralized List of Firearms Dealers. Persons who are exempt for the HSC requirement are also exempt from the safety handling demonstration requirements (PC 12071(b)(8).
More requirements for the FFL to meet, opening the FFL up for possible legal actions if the buyer does something “unsafe” with the gun after he purchases it.
Effective January 1, 2003, requires each person taking delivery of a firearm from a firearms dealer to provide his/her right thumbprint on the Dealers Record of Sale form (PC 12077).
More paperwork (more potential liability) and more Government intrusion.
Effective January 1, 2003 requires each firearms dealer delivering a handgun to obtain proof of residency from the handgun recipient. Satisfactory proof of residency may include a utility bill from within the three months prior to the delivery, a residential lease, a property deed, military permanent duty station orders indicating assignment within this state, or other evidence of residency as permitted by the DOJ. The firearms dealer is required to retain the residency documentation as proof of compliance. Failure to comply may result in removal of the firearms dealer from the Centralized List of Firearms Dealers (PC 12071 (b)(8) (C).
A possible huge GOTCHA for a lot of people. Roommates, GF/BF living together, adult living with their parents. All may run afoul of this provision if it’s strictly enforced and be unable to purchase a gun after 12/31/02
Effective January 1, 2003, requires all firearms dealers to report all Dealers Record of Sale transactions electronically via computer. Telephone reporting will no longer be an option. The DOJ will provide necessary equipment to firearms dealers for electronic reporting. The firearm recipient’s identification number, name, and date of birth will be obtained by running the recipient’s identification card or driver’s license through a magnetic strip reader. Exceptions will be made for military identification cards (PC 12077).
Even with the previous proof of residence you STILL need a California DL to purchase. That DL will have its mag stripe read for the purpose of registering your gun in Sacramento. Need I say more?
Airwolf again….
Despite all this horse**** I’ll continue to buy after 1/1/03. Why? Because if you don’t they’ve won and we’ve lost. The purpose of these crap laws are not to reduce crime or make the streets safer or save The Children ™ they are to stop residents of the State of California from buying guns. Period.
My $0.02. If you want to support the socialist bastards in Sacramento and elsewhere that would disarm law-abiding citizens then by all means, don’t buy anymore guns after 12/31/02. If you wish to send the opposite message then continue to buy guns until it hurts.
