Title: Requires Background Checks for Private Gun Sales
Signed by Governor Phil Murphy
Title: Requires Background Checks for Private Gun Sales
Vote to pass a bill that requires private gun sales to go through a licensed dealer to perform background checks.
Requires an individual who is not a licensed retail dealer that sells, receives, purchases, or acquires a handgun, rifle, shotgun, or antique cannon to conduct that transaction through a licensed retail dealer (Sec. 2).
Specifies that this act shall not apply if the transaction is between any of the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):
2 immediate family members;
Law enforcement officers; or
Between licenced and permitted firearm collectors.
Requires the licensed retail dealers to complete a National Instant Criminal Background Check of the individual acquiring the handgun and submit the background check form to the Superintendent of State Police (Sec. 3).
Defines “immediate family” as any of the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 3):
Spouse, domestic partner, or partner in a civil union;
Parent, step-parent, or grandparent; and
Sibling, step-sibling, child, stepchild, or grandchild as related by blood or law.
Title: Requires Background Checks for Private Gun Sales
Vote to pass a bill that requires private gun sales to go through a licensed dealer to perform background checks.
Requires an individual who is not a licensed retail dealer that sells, receives, purchases, or acquires a handgun, rifle, shotgun, or antique cannon to conduct that transaction through a licensed retail dealer (Sec. 2).
Specifies that this act shall not apply if the transaction is between any of the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 2):
2 immediate family members;
Law enforcement officers; or
Between licenced and permitted firearm collectors.
Requires the licensed retail dealers to complete a National Instant Criminal Background Check of the individual acquiring the handgun and submit the background check form to the Superintendent of State Police (Sec. 3).
Defines “immediate family” as any of the following, including, but not limited to (Sec. 3):
Spouse, domestic partner, or partner in a civil union;
Parent, step-parent, or grandparent; and
Sibling, step-sibling, child, stepchild, or grandchild as related by blood or law.
Title: Requires Background Checks for Private Gun Sales