SECOND REGULAR SESSION

HOUSE BILL NO. 2247

97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES MAY (Sponsor), LAFAVER, MORGAN, MEREDITH, NICHOLS, DUNN, PACE AND PETERS (Co-sponsors).

6481L.01I                                                                                                                                                  D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk

AN ACT

To amend chapter 571, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the purchase of a firearm, with penalty provisions.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:

            Section A. Chapter 571, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 571.084, to read as follows:

            571.084. 1. Beginning January 1, 2015, there shall be a mandatory three-day waiting period, excluding weekends and legal holidays, between the purchase and the delivery at retail of any firearm. Such three-day waiting period shall not apply to firearms being purchased by concealed carry permit holders under sections 571.101 to 571.126.

            2. Prior to the sale of any firearm at retail, a purchaser of a firearm shall be required to view a video on gun violence prior to any sale of a firearm. The retailer shall make such video available to the purchaser for viewing. Such video shall be approved by the department of public safety. The department may promulgate rules to implement the provisions of this subsection. Any rule or portion of a rule, as that term is defined in section 536.010, that is created under the authority delegated in this section shall become effective only if it complies with and is subject to all of the provisions of chapter 536 and, if applicable, section 536.028. This section and chapter 536 are nonseverable and if any of the powers vested with the general assembly pursuant to chapter 536 to review, to delay the effective date, or to disapprove and annul a rule are subsequently held unconstitutional, then the grant of rulemaking authority and any rule proposed or adopted after August 28, 2014, shall be invalid and void.

            3. Records of all firearms sales at retail shall be available for inspection by any law enforcement agency during normal business hours of the retailer to ensure compliance with the provisions of this section.

            4. Any retailer, or any employee or agent of a retailer, who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a class D felony.

            5. Any purchaser who obtains delivery of a firearm at retail by fraud, misrepresentation, or false pretense is guilty of a class D felony.

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