Relating to firearm eligibility requirements

This bill relates to firearm eligibility requirements. Under current law, persons who are subject to certain criteria are ineligible for a professional or nonprofessional permit to carry weapons. The bill removes provisions creating ineligibility for persons addicted to alcohol and persons for whom probable cause exists to believe, based upon documented specific actions of the person, when at least one of the actions occurred within two years immediately preceding the date of the permit application, that the person is likely to use a weapon unlawfully or in such other manner as would endanger the person’s self or others. Under current law, a person is not allowed to acquire a pistol or revolver if that person meets certain criteria.8, persons who illegally possess certain controlled substances, and persons committing an indictable offense. Under current law, a person is prohibited from transferring, loaning, or renting a firearm to another person if the person knows or reasonably should know that the other person is ineligible to possess dangerous weapons. The bill modifies the language of those provisions by replacing “possess” with “carry”.