Bill > AB1020

This bill requires the Attorney General to send a notice to anyone applying to purchase a firearm within 10 days of their application, informing them about California's firearm laws, including gun trafficking and safe storage. The notice will detail that firearm transfers generally must go through licensed dealers, with strict limits on exceptions, loaning firearms, and transferring firearms to someone other than the actual purchaser. It will also explain that storing firearms where children might access them is a crime if a child obtains the weapon and causes harm, and that acquiring a firearm for someone legally prohibited from owning one, known as a "straw purchase," is a felony under both state and federal law. The notice will also mention that cases where a firearm is found with someone other than the registered owner are investigated and prosecuted. Additionally, the bill mandates that the notice include a link to a webpage on the Department of Justice's website that provides an annually updated summary of state firearm laws.