AN ACT TO REQUIRE ANY PERSON WHO IS NOT A LICENSED GUN DEALER TO REQUIRE A BACKGROUND CHECK BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF A FIREARM AT A GUN SHOW; TO REQUIRE THE PROSPECTIVE FIREARM TRANSFEROR TO OBTAIN APPROVAL FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AFTER THE BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A LICENSED GUN DEALER; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO REQUIRE A PROSPECTIVE FIREARM TRANSFEROR WHO IS NOT A LICENSED GUN DEALER TO ARRANGE FOR A LICENSED GUN DEALER TO OBTAIN THE BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED BY THIS ACT; TO PROHIBIT A PROSPECTIVE FIREARM TRANSFEREE FROM ACCEPTING POSSESSION OF THE FIREARM UNLESS THE PROSPECTIVE FIREARM TRANSFEROR HAS OBTAINED APPROVAL OF THE TRANSFER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AFTER A BACKGROUND CHECK HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY A LICENSED GUN DEALER PURSUANT TO THIS ACT; TO PROHIBIT A PROSPECTIVE FIREARM TRANSFEREE FROM KNOWINGLY PROVIDING FALSE INFORMATION TO A PROSPECTIVE FIREARM TRANSFEROR OR TO A LICENSED GUN DEALER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING A FIREARM; TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO TRANSFERS A FIREARM IN VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION MAY BE JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR ANY CIVIL DAMAGES PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY THE TRANSFEREE'S SUBSEQUENT USE OF THE FIREARM; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS TO THE REQUIREMENT OF A BACKGROUND CHECK; TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT NOTHING IN THIS ACT SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO LIMIT OR OTHERWISE ALTER THE DUTIES OF A LICENSED GUN DEALER TRANSFERRING OR ATTEMPTING TO TRANSFER AT A GUN SHOW UNDER FEDERAL OR STATE LAW; TO AMEND SECTION 45-9-103, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO CONFORM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 45-9-103