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Bill Title:
Relating to firearms; prescribing an effective date.
Catchline/Summary:
Prohibits a gun dealer from transferring a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver until 72 hours have elapsed from the time the gun dealer requested a criminal background check, and the gun dealer has received the background check approval number from the Department of State Police.Digest: The Act requires gun dealers to wait 72 hours before giving a gun or certain unfinished gun parts to a buyer. The Act also creates two new rapid fire activator crimes and changes the public areas where a person with a CHL can possess a gun. The Act takes effect on the 91st day after sine die. (Flesch Readability Score: 70.2).
[Digest: The Act directs the Department of State Police to study background checks for gun transfers. (Flesch Readability Score: 67.5).]
[Requires the Department of State Police to study the efficiency of firearm transfer criminal background checks. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.]
[Sunsets on January 2, 2027.]
Prohibits a gun dealer from transferring a firearm or unfinished frame or receiver until 72 hours have elapsed from the time the gun dealer requested a criminal background check, and the gun dealer has received the background check approval number from the Department of State Police.
Creates the crime of unlawful transport, manufacture or transfer of a rapid fire activator. Punishes by a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment, $250,000 fine, or both. Creates the crime of unlawful possession of a rapid fire activator. Punishes by a maximum of 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both. Specifies exceptions for both crimes.
Authorizes the governing body of a city or county that owns or controls a public building to limit the affirmative defense for concealed handgun licensees for possessing a firearm in the public building. Authorizes the governing body of a metropolitan service district to limit the affirmative defense for concealed handgun licensees for possessing a firearm in a metropolitan zoo facility and adjacent grounds. Provides that in a prosecution for possessing a firearm in a building or on grounds subject to such limit, the concealed handgun licensee affirmative defense is not a complete defense, but results in a Class A misdemeanor conviction punishable by 364 days' imprisonment, $6,250 fine, or both.
Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.
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