Title: Firearms

Summary: Requires 3-day waiting period for sale of any firearm; provides exceptions; prohibits sale of ammunition to person who has not completed an anger-management program; requires certification of completion of an anger-management program to be renewed every 10 years; provides minimum program requirements; prohibits purchase of ammunition by fraudulent means.

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An act relating to firearms; amending s. 790.0655, F.S.; requiring a-day waiting period for the sale of any firearm; providing exceptions; providing penalties; creating s. 790.06551, F.S.; prohibiting the sale of ammunition to a person who has not completed an anger-management program; requiring certification of completion of an anger-management program to be renewed every years; providing minimum program requirements; prohibiting the purchase of ammunition by fraudulent means; providing criminal penalties; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, i samended to read: 790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms handguns;mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.-(1)(a) There shall be a mandatory-day waiting period, which shall be days, excluding weekends and legal holidays, between the purchase and the delivery at retail of any firearm, handgun. "Purchase" means the transfer of money or other valuable consideration to the retailer. "Handgun" means a firearm capable of being carried and used by one hand, such as a pistol or revolver. "Retailer" means and includes every person engaged in the business of making sales at retail or for distribution, or use, or consumption, or storage to be used or HB 1229 2013 consumed in this state, as defined in s. 212.02(13). (b) Records of firearm handgun sales must be available for inspection by any law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 934.02, during normal business hours. (2) The-day waiting period does shall not apply in the following circumstances: (a) When a firearm handgun is being purchased by a holde rof a concealed weapons permit as defined in s. 790.06. (b) To a trade-in of another firearm handgun. (3) It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084: (a) For any retailer, or any employee or a gent of a retailer, to deliver a firearm handgun before the expiration of the 3-day waiting period, subject to the exceptions provided in subsection (2). (b) For a purchaser to obtain delivery of a firearm handgun by fraud, false pretense, or false repre sentation. Section 2. Section 790.06551, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 790.06551 Sale of ammunition; mandatory anger management program; penalties.-(1) It is unlawful to: (a) Sell ammunition to a person who does not present certification that he or she has successfully completed an anger-management program consisting of at least hours of online or face-to-face instruction in anger-management techniques. The certification must be renewed every years. (b) Purchase or otherwise obtain ammunition by fraud, HB 1229 2013 false pretense, or false representation. (2) A person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. A person who violates this section a second or subsequen ttime within year after a prior conviction commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.