PRINTER'S NO. 4684
No. 2961 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY McGEEHAN, JOSEPHS AND FRANKEL, OCTOBER 3, 2006
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, OCTOBER 3, 2006
AN ACT 1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania 2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for sale or transfer 3 of firearms. 4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 5 hereby enacts as follows: 6 Section 1. Section 6111(a) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania 7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: 8 § 6111. Sale or transfer of firearms. 9 (a) Time and manner of delivery.-- 10 (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no seller shall 11 deliver a firearm to the purchaser or transferee thereof: 12 (i) unless the purchaser or transferee demonstrates 13 accreditation in a firearm safety education program 14 approved by the commissioner; and 15 (ii) until 48 hours shall have elapsed from the time 16 of the application for the purchase thereof[, and, when 17 delivered, the firearm shall be securely wrapped and 18 shall be unloaded].
1 (2) Thirty days after publication in the Pennsylvania 2 Bulletin that the Instantaneous Criminal History Records 3 Check System has been established in accordance with the 4 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Public Law 103-159, 18 5 U.S.C. § 921 et seq.), no seller shall deliver a firearm to 6 the purchaser thereof until the provisions of this section 7 have been satisfied[, and, when]. 8 (3) When delivered, the firearm shall be securely 9 wrapped and shall be unloaded. 10 * * * 11 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. I26L18VDL/20060H2961B4684 - 2 -