Safety training requirement

Safety training requirement. (a) An applicant for a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card must, as a condition for issuance of a license, provide proof of completion of a firearms safety training course that fulfills the following requirements: (1) The firearms safety training course must be approved by the Department of Public Safety, any state or territory of the United States, or the federal government; or (2) Offered by the Department of Public Safety. (b) The firearms safety training course must require instruction on: (1) The safe use of firearms, including proper loading, unloading, and firing, and the proper engaging and disengaging of common firearm safety mechanisms; (2) Methods for safely storing and securing firearms and ammunition and preventing child access to firearms and ammunition; (3) Proper firearm care and cleaning; (4) If offered within the Commonwealth, applicable federal and Commonwealth laws relating to the purchase, sale, possession, transportation, carrying, and storage of firearms; and (5) If offered within the Commonwealth, Commonwealth laws pertaining to the use of deadly force for self-defense. (c) A law enforcement agency or firearms instructor conducting a firearm safety training course in the Commonwealth intending to fulfill the requirements of this section shall: (1) Make the course records for each applicant available to law enforcement upon request; and (2) Maintain all course records on students for a period of no less than six years from course completion date. (d) A law enforcement agency or firearms instructor conducting a firearm safety training course in the Commonwealth shall not give a grade of passing to an applicant who: (1) Refuses to follow the instructions of the firearms instructor or agency representative; or (2) Despite appropriate instruction, handles a firearm in a manner that, in the judgment of the firearms instructor or agency representative, poses a danger to the applicant or to others. Source: PL 19-73 § 4 (Dec. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission changed capitalization for the purpose of conformity pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f). The Commission changed “Owners” to “Owner’s” in (a) and inserted “and” at the end of (b)(4) and (c)(1) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).