Firearm possession and purchases.

2017
STATE OF WYOMING
17LSO-0059
Numbered
1.2

SENATE FILE

NO.

SF0075

Firearm possession and purchases.

Sponsored by:
Senator(s) Anderson and Representative(s) Walters

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to firearms; prohibiting the purchase and possession of firearms by a person on the terrorist watch list as specified; modifying concealed weapon permit eligibility; 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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205
is created to read:

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205
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Firearm purchases
and possession
prohibited.

No person shall purchase
or possess
a firearm in this state if the person is currently named on the consolidated
terrorist watch list maintained by the terrorist screening center of the federal bureau of investigation.

Section 2
.

W.S. 6
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104(b)(v)
(B), (C) and by creating a new subparagraph (D) and
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404(c)
(ii), (iii),
by creating a new paragraph (iv)
,
(d)
(
iii), (iv) and by creating a new paragraph (v)
are amended to read:

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104
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Wearing or carrying concealed weapons; penalties; exceptions; permits.

(b)

The attorney general is authorized to issue permits to carry a concealed firearm to persons qualified as provided by this subsection. The attorney general shall promulgate rules necessary to carry out this section no later than October 1, 1994. Applications for a permit to carry a concealed firearm shall be made available and distributed by the division of criminal investigation and local law enforcement agencies. The permit shall be valid throughout the state for a period of five (5) years from the date of issuance. The permittee shall carry the permit, together with valid identification at all times when the
permittee is carrying a concealed firearm and shall display both the permit and proper identification upon request of any peace officer. The attorney general through the division shall issue a permit to any person who:

(v)

Has not been:

(B)

Convicted of a felony violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971, W.S. 35
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1001 through 35
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1057 or similar laws of any other state or the United States relating to controlled substa
nces and has not been pardoned;

or

(C)

Convicted of a misdemeanor violation of the Wyoming Controlled Substances Act of 1971, W.S. 35
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1001 through 35
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1057 or similar laws of any other state or the United States relating to controlled substances within the one (1) year period prior to the date on which application for a permit under this section is submitted
;
.

or

(D)

Currently n
amed on the consolidated terrorist watch list maintained by the terrorist screening center of the federal bureau of investigation.

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

(c)

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

(ii)

Not currently be adjudicated to be legally incompetent;

and

(iii)

Not have been committed to a mental institution
;
.

and

(iv)

Not
currently be named on the consolidated terrorist watch list maintained by the terrorist screening center of the federal bureau of investigation.

(d)

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

(iii)

Not currently be adjudicated to be legally incompetent;

and

(iv)

Not have been committed to a mental institution
;
.

and

(v)

Not currently be named on the consolidated terrorist watch list maintained by the terrorist screening center of the federal bureau of investigation.

Section
3
.

This
act is effective July 1,
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7
.

(END)

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