[FONT=TIMES, SERIF]Specifically, according to an analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the legislation prohibits the sale or transfer of any firearm unless one of five conditions applies. That is, the sale or transfer must be by a federally licensed firearms dealer or the sale or transfer is to or through a firearms dealer, or the transfer is by gift, bequest, or inheritance to a family member, or is intended to be temporary and the purpose of the transfer is not illegal.
Finally, a sale or transfer may be made if a waiting period does not apply, such as for the transfer of firearms classified as antiques, or transfers between firearms dealers or between wholesalers and dealers, or transfers of any firearm to law enforcement or armed services agencies.
Under the proposed statute, family member means a spouse, parent, grandparent, sibling, child, or grandchild. The relationship may be by blood, marriage, or adoption.
In addition, while current law prohibits a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been convicted of a felony, this bill would prohibit a person from possessing a firearm if he or she has been convicted of a "violent nonfelony offense" unless five years have passed since the conviction.
Such offenses include misdemeanor battery, misdemeanor harassment, misdemeanor endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon, exposing genitals to a child, violations of a domestic abuse, child abuse, or harassment temporary restraining order or injunction, and misdemeanors for which the maximum term of imprisonment has been increased for use of a dangerous weapon when committing the misdemeanor.