PRINTER'S NO. 1942
No. 1536 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, BLACKWELL, BRENNAN, CRUZ, JAMES AND
LEVDANSKY, JUNE 18, 2007
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, JUNE 18, 2007
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sale or transfer
3 of firearms.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6111(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms.
9 (a) Time and manner of delivery.--
10 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no seller shall
11 deliver a firearm to the purchaser or transferee thereof:
12 (i) unless the purchaser or transferee demonstrates
13 accreditation in a firearm safety education program
14 approved by the commissioner; and
15 (ii) until 48 hours shall have elapsed from the time
16 of the application for the purchase thereof[, and, when
17 delivered, the firearm shall be securely wrapped and
18 shall be unloaded].
1 (2) Thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania
2 Bulletin that the Instantaneous Criminal History Records
3 Check System has been established in accordance with the
4 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public Law 103-159, 18
5 U.S.C. § 921 et seq.), no seller shall deliver a firearm to
6 the purchaser thereof until the provisions of this section
7 have been satisfied[, and, when].
8 (3) When delivered, the firearm shall be securely
9 wrapped and shall be unloaded.
10 * * *
11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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