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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 232.2, subsection 12, Code Supplement 1 2 1999, is amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. The violation of section 724.22, 1 4 subsection 2, that is committed by a child. 1 5 Sec. 2. Section 724.22, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 6 amended to read as follows: 1 7 2. Except as provided in subsections 4 and 5, a: 1 8 a. A person who sells, loans, gives, or makes available a 1 9 pistol or revolver or ammunition for a pistol or revolver to a 1 10 person below the age of twenty-one commits a serious 1 11 misdemeanor for a first offense and a class "D" felony for 1 12 second and subsequent offenses. 1 13 b. (1) A person under eighteen years of age who possesses 1 14 a pistol or revolver or ammunition for a pistol or revolver 1 15 commits a delinquent act. 1 16 (2) A person eighteen years of age or older, but under the 1 17 age of twenty-one, who possesses a pistol or revolver or 1 18 ammunition for a pistol or revolver commits a serious 1 19 misdemeanor. 1 20 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 724.22A TRIGGER OR GUN LOCKS 1 21 REQUIRED AT POINT-OF-SALE – INSTRUCTIONS, INFORMATION, AND 1 22 POSTING. 1 23 1. A person that engages in the retail sale of pistols or 1 24 revolvers, other than an antique firearm, shall provide to a 1 25 purchaser at the time of the sale of the pistol or revolver a 1 26 trigger lock, gun lock, or gun-locking device appropriate for 1 27 such pistol or revolver and that renders the pistol or 1 28 revolver inoperable while installed. The seller shall offer 1 29 to demonstrate its use. 1 30 2. A person that engages in the retail sale of pistols or 1 31 revolvers, other than an antique firearm, shall post 1 32 information that shall be provided by the department of public 1 33 safety promoting the safe storage of weapons and providing 1 34 information on the availability of weapons training programs. 1 35 3. This section does not apply to the sale of a pistol or 2 1 revolver by an individual who is not regularly engaged, either 2 2 full-time or part-time, in a business of selling, buying for 2 3 resale, or exchanging firearms as a principal or agent. 2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 This bill requires a firearm dealer to provide a gun- 2 6 locking device and certain related information at the time of 2 7 sale of a pistol or revolver. 2 8 New Code section 724.22A requires a retail seller to 2 9 provide a trigger lock, gun lock, or other gun-locking device 2 10 to any purchaser of a pistol or revolver other than an antique 2 11 firearm, and offer to demonstrate its use. The seller must 2 12 post on the business premises information regarding gun safety 2 13 courses and the safe storage of weapons as provided by the 2 14 department of public safety. New Code section 724.22A does 2 15 not apply to sales of pistols or revolvers by individuals who 2 16 are not regularly engaged in the business of selling, buying 2 17 for resale, or exchanging firearms. 2 18 The bill also adds a new provision to Code section 724.22, 2 19 making possession by a minor of a pistol or revolver or 2 20 ammunition for a pistol or revolver a delinquent act, and 2 21 possession of a pistol, revolver, or ammunition for a pistol 2 22 or revolver by a person 18 years or older, but under 21, a 2 23 serious misdemeanor. A corresponding amendment is also made 2 24 to Code chapter 232, relating to delinquent acts by juveniles. 2 25 LSB 5583XL 78 2 26 jj/cf/24.3
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