HSC IRR exemption?

[SanDiegoMan]

So...Awhile back I went to a shop and bought a Makarov pistol. I used my Inactive reserve card and the shop listed me as exempt from the HSC requirement. I sold my mak awhile ago, and now I looked at the doj website and it says very specifically Active Reserve....ooops. At any rate I'm buying a new pistol pretty soon, am I correct in assuming this time I must get a handgun safety certificate?

[someoneeasy]

Haha, I believe so. I tried that when I bought my first handgun, the shop wouldn't fall for it...

[sandmanx408]

its a dumb test, just another cash grab by the state, but if you do fail that test, im gonna come down from vegas to slap you.

[TitanCi]

^LOL


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[Quiet]

So...Awhile back I went to a shop and bought a Makarov pistol. I used my Inactive reserve card and the shop listed me as exempt from the HSC requirement. I sold my mak awhile ago, and now I looked at the doj website and it says very specifically Active Reserve....ooops. At any rate I'm buying a new pistol pretty soon, am I correct in assuming this time I must get a handgun safety certificate?

inactive reserve is not exempt.

Military exemption only applies to: [PC 31700(a)(10)]
1. active duty
2. active reserve
3. honorably retired


Penal Code 31700
(a) The following persons, properly identified, are exempted from the handgun safety certificate requirement in subdivision (a) of Section 31615:
(1) Any active or honorably retired peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2.
(2) Any active or honorably retired federal officer or law enforcement agent.
(3) Any reserve peace officer, as defined in Section 832.6.
(4) Any person who has successfully completed the course of training specified in Section 832.
(5) A firearms dealer licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive, who is acting in the course and scope of that person's activities as a person licensed pursuant to Sections 26700 to 26915, inclusive.
(6) A federally licensed collector who is acquiring or being loaned a handgun that is a curio or relic, as defined in Section 478.11 of Title 27 of the Code of Federal Regulations, who has a current certificate of eligibility issued by the department pursuant to Section 26710.
(7) A person to whom a handgun is being returned, where the person receiving the firearm is the owner of the firearm.
(8) A family member of a peace officer or deputy sheriff from a local agency who receives a firearm pursuant to Section 50081 of the Government Code.
(9) Any individual who has a valid concealed weapons permit issued pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 26150) of Division 5.
(10) An active or honorably retired member of the United States Armed Forces, the National Guard, the Air National Guard, or the active reserve components of the United States, where individuals in those organizations are properly identified. For purposes of this section, proper identification includes the Armed Forces Identification Card or other written documentation certifying that the individual is an active or honorably retired member.
(11) Any person who is authorized to carry loaded firearms pursuant to Section 26025 or 26030.
(12) Persons who are the holders of a special weapons permit issued by the department pursuant to Section 32650 or 33300, pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 18900) of Chapter 1 of Division 5 of Title 2, or pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 32700) of Chapter 6 of this division.
(b) The following persons who take title or possession of a handgun by operation of law in a representative capacity, until or unless they transfer title ownership of the handgun to themselves in a personal capacity, are exempted from the handgun safety certificate requirement in subdivision (a) of Section 31615:
(1) The executor or administrator of an estate.
(2) A secured creditor or an agent or employee thereof when the firearms are possessed as collateral for, or as a result of, or an agent or employee thereof when the firearms are possessed as collateral for, or as a result of, a default under a security agreement under the Commercial Code.
(3) A levying officer, as defined in Section 481.140, 511.060, or 680.260 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(4) A receiver performing the functions of a receiver.
(5) A trustee in bankruptcy performing the duties of a trustee.
(6) An assignee for the benefit of creditors performing the functions of an assignee.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2015, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2015, deletes or extends that date.

[SanDiegoMan]

yeah I thought so, I guess that shop F'd up. Oh well.

[FML1982]

Turners in San Marcos told me I could use the IRR card, then I went to Iron Sights and talked to them and they told me I had to have the HSC. Google clarified the issue and proved to not trust anything you hear in a gun shop until you can verify it yourself.

[SanDiegoMan]

Well I went on the DOJ website which specifically says ACTIVE Reserve. I always rather be safe then sorry when it comes to these dumb laws... Test was excessively easy (although badly worded.) Only missed one, never really thought about the possibility of shots ricocheting off water...oh well.