Existing law establishes various unlawful acts relating to firearms. (Chapter 202 of NRS) Sections 3-5 of this bill create additional unlawful acts relating to firearms. Section 3 of this bill prohibits a person from possessing, purchasing, transporting or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver unless: (1) the person is a firearms importer or manufacturer; or (2) the unfinished frame or receiver is required to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number. Section 3 provides that a person who commits such an unlawful act: (1) for the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and (2) for the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category D felony. Similarly, section 3.5 of this bill prohibits a person from selling, offering to sell or transferring an unfinished frame or receiver unless: (1) the person is a firearms importer or manufacturer and the recipient of the unfinished frame or receiver is a firearms importer or manufacturer; or (2) the unfinished frame or receiver is required to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number. Section 3.5 provides that a person who commits such an unlawful act: (1) for the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and (2) for the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category D felony. Section 4 of this bill prohibits a person from manufacturing or causing to be manufactured or assembling or causing to be assembled a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a firearms importer or manufacturer in accordance with federal law and any regulations adopted thereunder unless the firearm is: (1) rendered permanently inoperable; (2) an antique; or (3) a collector's item, curio or relic. Section 4 provides that a person who commits such an unlawful act: (1) for the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and (2) for the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category D felony. Similarly, section 5 of this bill prohibits a person from possessing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, purchasing, transporting or receiving a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a firearms importer or manufacturer in accordance with federal law and any regulations adopted thereunder unless: (1) the person is a law enforcement agency or a firearms importer or manufacturer; or (2) the firearm is rendered permanently inoperable, was manufactured before 1969 or is an antique, collector's item, curio or relic. Section 5 provides that a person who commits such an unlawful act: (1) for the first offense, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor; and (2) for the second or any subsequent offense, is guilty of a category D felony. Section 5.5 of this bill provides that nothing in sections 3-5 shall be deemed to prohibit the sale of an unfinished frame or receiver or firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number to a firearms importer or manufacturer or a licensed dealer before January 1, 2022. Section 6 of this bill defines the terms “antique firearm,” “firearms importer or manufacturer” and “unfinished frame or receiver.” Section 7 of this bill makes a conforming change relating to the new definitions.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 202.253, 202.2548, 202.340, 207.200
Reprint 1: 202.253, 202.2548, 202.340, 207.200
Reprint 2: 202.253, 202.2548
Reprint 3: 202.253, 202.2548
As Enrolled: 202.253, 202.2548