Bill Text: MS HB353 | 2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Crimes; create felony offense of knowingly deceiving a firearms dealer regarding firearm purchases.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-04-24 - Enrolled Bill Signed [HB353 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB353-Enrolled.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Denny
House Bill 353
(As Sent to Governor)
AN ACT TO CREATE THE FELONY OFFENSE OF KNOWINGLY DECEIVING A LICENSED FIREARMS DEALER REGARDING FIREARM PURCHASES; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Honesty in Purchasing Firearms Act."
SECTION 2. (1) For purposes of this section:
(a) "Licensed dealer" means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 USCS, Section 923, to engage in the business of dealing in firearms.
(b) "Private seller" means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or ammunition.
(c) "Ammunition" means any cartridge, shell or projectile designed for use in a firearm.
(d) "Materially false information" means information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
SECTION 3. (1) Any person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States is guilty of a felony.
(2) Any person who provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition is guilty of a felony.
(3) Any person found guilty of violating the provisions of this section shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisoned in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than three (3) years, or both.
(4) This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in the officer's official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of a law enforcement officer.
SECTION 4. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
