Bill Text: FL S1678 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Firearms
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Criminal Justice [S1678 Detail]
Download: Florida-2013-S1678-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2013 SB 1678 By Senator Gibson 9-00411B-13 20131678__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to firearms; amending s. 790.0655, 3 F.S.; requiring a 3-day waiting period for the sale of 4 any firearm; providing exceptions; providing 5 penalties; creating s. 790.06551, F.S.; prohibiting 6 the sale of ammunition to a person who has not 7 completed an anger-management program; requiring 8 certification of completion of an anger-management 9 program to be renewed every 10 years; providing 10 minimum program requirements; prohibiting the purchase 11 of ammunition by fraudulent means; providing criminal 12 penalties; providing an effective date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 15 16 Section 1. Section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended 17 to read: 18 790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearmshandguns; 19 mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.— 20 (1)(a) There shall be a mandatory 3-day waiting period, 21 which shall be 3 days, excluding weekends and legal holidays, 22 between the purchase and the delivery at retail of any firearm, 23 as defined in s. 790.001handgun. “Purchase” means the transfer 24 of money or other valuable consideration to the retailer. 25“Handgun” means a firearm capable of being carried and used by26one hand, such as a pistol or revolver.“Retailer” means and 27 includes every person engaged in the business of making sales at 28 retail or for distribution, or use, or consumption, or storage 29 to be used or consumed in this state, as defined in s. 30 212.02(13). 31 (b) Records of firearmhandgunsales must be available for 32 inspection by any law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 33 934.02, during normal business hours. 34 (2) The 3-day waiting period doesshallnot apply in the 35 following circumstances: 36 (a) When a firearmhandgunis being purchased by a holder 37 of a concealed weapons permit as defined in s. 790.06. 38 (b) To a trade-in of another firearmhandgun. 39 (3) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as 40 provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084: 41 (a) For any retailer, or any employee or agent of a 42 retailer, to deliver a firearmhandgunbefore the expiration of 43 the 3-day waiting period, subject to the exceptions provided in 44 subsection (2). 45 (b) For a purchaser to obtain delivery of a firearmhandgun46 by fraud, false pretense, or false representation. 47 Section 2. Section 790.06551, Florida Statutes, is created 48 to read: 49 790.06551 Sale of ammunition; mandatory anger-management 50 program; penalties.— 51 (1) It is unlawful to: 52 (a) Sell ammunition to another person who does not present 53 certification that he or she has successfully completed an 54 anger-management program consisting of at least 2 hours of 55 online or face-to-face instruction in anger-management 56 techniques. The certification must be renewed every 10 years. 57 (b) Purchase or otherwise obtain ammunition by fraud, false 58 pretense, or false representation. 59 (2) A person who violates this section commits a 60 misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 61 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates this section a 62 second or subsequent time within 1 year after a prior conviction 63 commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as 64 provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. 65 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.