Carrying a concealed weapon if prohibited from possessing a firearm, purchasing a firearm for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and providing a penalty

Current law prohibits certain persons from possessing a firearm including a person who is convicted, adjudicated delinquent, or found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect for a crime that is a felony; a person who is subject to a domestic abuse or child abuse injunction and, in some cases, a harassment injunction; and a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm in connection with a court-ordered mental health commitment. A person who violates the prohibition against possessing a firearm is guilty of a Class G felony. Any person who knowingly furnishes a firearm to a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm is also guilty of a Class G felony. This bill creates an additional prohibition against purchasing a firearm for a person knowing that the person is prohibited from possessing a firearm, and makes it a Class G felony as well. The bill also makes it a Class F felony for a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm to possess the firearm if he or she knows it was purchased for him or her.

This bill is contingent upon the enactment of another bill creating the license to carry a concealed weapon.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.