Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that increases penalties for illegal firearm transfers.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an individual from purchasing, ordering, or requesting a firearm for another individual that they knowingly or have reasonable cause to believe are disqualified from purchasing or possessing a firearm (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits a third party individual from being used to contact or plan the purchase of a firearm for another individual who has been convicted of a crime or confined for a mental disorder (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the defendant accused of purchasing a firearm for a disqualified individual, to infer the reasonable belief that the individual requesting the firearm was a member of a street gang (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a violation of this act that involves the purchase of more than one handgun, assault rifle, machine gun, or five long guns, shall be a first degree crime subject to a fine not exceeding $500,000 or five times the value of the firearms involved, whichever is greater (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the following degrees of crimes for certain firearm sales or transfers to disqualified individuals, include (Sec. 1):

• A fourth degree crime for an offense involving one long gun;

• A third degree crime if the offense involves more than one but less than ten long guns or handguns; and

• A second degree crime if the offense involves ten or more long guns, two or more handguns, or one or more assault rifles or machine guns.

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