Firearm possession-allow felons antique firearms.

ORIGINAL
House
ENGROSSED
Bill No
.
HB0231

ENROLLED ACT NO. 120,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2017 General Session

AN ACT relating to firearms; allowing those having previously pled guilty or been convicted of a felony to possess antique firearms; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 6
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102
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403(
a) by creating a new paragraph (viii)
and

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404
(c)
(
i
)
and

(d)
(ii)
are
amended to read:

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102
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Use or possession of firearm by person convicted of certain felony offenses; penalties
; exception
.

(a)

Any person who has previously pleaded guilty to or been convicted of committing or attempting to commit a violent felony or a felony under W.S. 6
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204(
b), and has not been pardoned and who uses or knowingly possesses any firearm is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000.00), or both.

(b)

As used in this
section
"
firearm
"
does not include
an
"
antique firearm
"
as defined in
W.S. 6
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8
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403(
a)(viii)
.

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403
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Definitions.

(a)

As used in this act:

(viii)

"
Antique firearm
"
means:

(A)

Any
muzzleloading
firearm
with
a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system manufactured in or before 1898;

(B)

Any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica
i
s not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or

(C)

Any muzzleloading rifle, muzzleloading shotgun or muzzleloading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
"
antique firearm
"
shall not include any weapon that incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm that is converted into a muzzleloading weapon or any muzzleloading weapon that can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof.

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404
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Regulation by state of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition and antique firearms manufactured in Wyoming; exceptions.

(c)

To possess a firearm covered by this section a person shall:

(
i
)

Not have been convicted of any felony in any state, territory or other jurisdiction of the United States
. This paragraph shall
not
apply to antique firearms
;

(d)

To purchase a firearm covered by this section a person shall:

(ii)

Not have been convicted of any felony in any state, territory or other jurisdiction of the United States
. This paragraph shall
not
apply
to
antique firearms
;

Section

2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
201
7
.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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