Firearms
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, nonresident concealed handgun permits. [SB-1049]
Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, Firearms; administration of machine gun registry, nonresident concealed handgun permits, and criminal history record checks. Requires any person registered to possess a machine gun to notify the Department of State Police (the Department) of a change of address within 30 days of such change. The bill reduces the number of photographs that an applicant for a nonresident concealed handgun permit must submit from two to one. The bill requires the form provided by the Department for a dealer to obtain
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Gettr Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties. [HB-1758]
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Creates a procedure by which an attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a circuit court judge for a warrant to remove firearms from a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others. If firearms are seized pursuant to such warrant, the bill requires a court hearing within 14 days from execution of the warrant to determine whether the firearms should be returned or retained by law enforcement. Seized firearms may be retained by court
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Revise the procedure for a deployed military service member to renew a concealed carry permit [HB-1127]
Revise the procedure for a deployed military service member to renew a concealed carry permit
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Law-enforcement immunity; storage of firearms. [HB-1706]
Law-enforcement immunity; storage of firearms. Shields from civil or criminal liability any law-enforcement agency or law-enforcement officer that stores, possesses, or transports a firearm with the consent of a person prohibited from possessing a firearm because he is subject to a protective order for any damage, deterioration, loss, or theft of such firearm. The bill does not require any law-enforcement agency or law-enforcement officer to take possession of any firearm.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; carrying in public while intoxicated, etc., penalty. [HB-1700]
Firearms; alcohol; penalties. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person who is intoxicated or under the influence of illegal drugs to carry a loaded firearm on or about his person in a public place and that a person found guilty is ineligible to apply for a concealed handgun permit for a period of five years. Current law provides that such prohibition applies only to persons permitted to carry a concealed handgun. The bill also creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who carries a loaded firearm on or about his person onto the premises
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to the requirements for a permit to carry a concealed pistol. [SB-94]
Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to the requirements for a permit to carry a concealed pistol.
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Modify certain provisions relating to concealed carry permits. [HB-1091]
Modify certain provisions relating to concealed carry permits.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearms; restricting access to children, Class 1 misdemeanor. [HB-1684]
Restricting access to firearms by children; mental state; penalty. Removes the requirement that conduct required for a conviction of unlawfully leaving a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of 14 be reckless. The bill increases the penalty for such violation from a Class 3 misdemeanor to a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms; penalty. [HB-1683]
Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of a loaded shotgun or rifle in places open to the public in certain cities and counties. Current law prohibits the carrying in such locations of certain loaded firearms with high capacity magazines, silencers, folding stock, or long ammunition or a loaded shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered. The bill adds the City of Roanoke to the list of cities in which the carrying of such firearms is prohibited.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Protective orders; possession of firearms; felony. [SB-1039]
Protective orders; possession of firearms; felony. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person who is subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) for subjecting another person to an act of violence, force, or threat to possess a firearm while the order is in effect, which is equivalent to the existing penalty for possession of a firearm by a person subject to a permanent protective order for family abuse. The bill also provides that such person may continue to possess and transport
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Provide certain provisions regarding liability against public entities that prohibit firearms on their premises. [SB-89]
Provide certain provisions regarding liability against public entities that prohibit firearms on their premises.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Public schools; student discipline. [SB-997]
Public schools; student discipline. Prohibits students in preschool through grade three from being suspended for more than 10 days or expelled except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, certain criminal acts, or if the underlying conduct involves other weapons, inappropriate sexual behavior, or serious bodily injury.
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South Dakota 2017 Regular Session
Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to permits to carry a concealed pistol. [HB-1072]
Repeal and revise certain provisions relating to permits to carry a concealed pistol.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Muzzleloader firearms; definition. [SB-953]
Muzzleloader firearms; definition. Incorporates the Virginia criminal law definition of a muzzleloader into the current statutory definitions of muzzleloading pistol, muzzleloading rifle, and muzzleloading shotgun located in Title 29.1 (Game, Inland Fisheries and Boating).
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearm transfers; penalties. [SB-915]
Firearm transfers; penalties. Creates a Class 3 misdemeanor for a person who is not a licensed dealer but who conducts business as a merchant of firearms to sell a firearm without a background check conducted by a federally licensed dealer. The bill exempts transfers to family members, to personal friends, by inheritance, by operation of law, or for a temporary purpose.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Student discipline; suspension or expulsion of students in preschool through grade five. [HB-1536]
Public schools; student discipline. Prohibits students in preschool through grade three from being suspended for more than five school days or expelled except for drug offenses, firearm offenses, or certain criminal acts.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearm locks required for sale or transfer of handguns; warning against accessibility to children. [SB-893]
Firearm locks required for sale or transfer of handguns; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it unlawful for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person (i) other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that handgun, or (ii) unless the handgun is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a label affixed to the gun and
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Presentence reports. [HB-1511]
Presentence reports. Provides that a court shall not order a presentence report in any case in which a defendant is convicted of certain firearms-related crimes that require the imposition of a mandatory minimum sentence, provided that the defendant is convicted of no other crime in the same case.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Permitting certain holders of concealed weapons permits to carry weapons of the grounds and buildings on the State Capitol Complex [HB-2430]
The purpose of this bill is to permit holders of licenses to carry a concealed deadly weapon on the grounds of the state Capitol Complex and its buildings. The bill sets forth the requirements to apply and qualify for an endorsement to be added to a concealed carry permit, and specifies reasons for which an endorsement may be denied, suspended or revoked. The bill also prohibits those licensees from carrying any concealed deadly weapon within the Supreme Court’s offices and rooms.
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Firearm transactions; voluntary background checks, clarification of provisions. [SB-832]
Firearm transactions; voluntary background checks; clarification. Clarifies the provisions that apply to voluntary background checks performed at a firearms show by translating the Latin term of art mutatis mutandis into English.