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Español10602. 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.
