A California senator wants to make it illegal for police officers to buy unlawful handguns and them use them at home or sell them.
This week, Sen. Nancy Skinner, introduced SB 377, which would close a loophole that now allows California law enforcement officers to buy unlawful handguns for their personal use or to resell them.
California’s gun laws include bans on the sale of many types of dangerous handguns. The California Department of Justice maintains a roster of handguns that it has certified as being legal to sell and purchase in the state because the guns meet the state’s strict safety standards. Handguns not certified by DOJ’s list are known as "off roster," and are unlawful to purchase or sell in California.
Skinner's office noted that in recent years, there have been high-profile scandals involving California officers who bought off-roster firearms and then sold them, effectively becoming illegal arms dealers. Incidents like this led the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to issue a bulletin to California law enforcement agencies warning about the growing trend of law enforcement officers engaging in the business of unlicensed firearms sales.
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