Handgun purchases.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0470
Introduced
1.2

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0160

Handgun purchases.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Connolly

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to firearms; providing for a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun; providing exemptions; providing definitions; providing penalties; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

W.S. 6
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8
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205 is created to read:

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205
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Waiting period for handgun purchases
;
exemptions;
penalties
.

(a)

No person engage
d in the business of dealing
firearms shall
deliver a handgun to a person who has purchased a handgun until three
(3) business
days
have elapsed from the date
of the purchase
to the date of
the
delivery
.

(b)

Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to
any of the following:

(
i
)

The sale and
delivery
of a handgun to a
holder of a
permit to carry a concealed firearm issued under W.S. 6
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8
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104 or
the holder of a valid statewide permit issued
by a governmental agency or entity in another state that recognizes Wyoming permits
;

(ii)

The sale and delivery of a handgun in which another handgun is exchanged or traded in.

(c)

A
ny

person
who violates this section

is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable
by
imprisonment for not more than six (6) months,
a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00),
or both
.
A person convicted of a second
or subsequent
violation of this section is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than two (2) years, a fine of not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), or both.

(d
)

For purposes of this section:

(
i
)

"Handgun" means
a firearm capable of being carried and used by one
(1)
hand, such as a pistol or revolver;

(ii)

"
P
ersons engaged in the business of dea
ling firearms" means any
person holding a federal firearms license.

Section

2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
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7
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