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HB 585 Original 2020 Regular Session Selders
Abstract: Removes the requirement that a licensed firearm dealer report a firearms purchase denial,
based on the purchaser's ineligibility pursuant to a criminal background check, to the La.
Automated Victim Notification System.
Present law provides for the crime of fraudulent firearm and ammunition purchase. Pursuant to the
provisions of present law, if a person is reported ineligible to purchase firearms by the National
Instant Criminal Background Check System, the licensed dealer shall report the denial to the sheriff
of the parish in which the attempted purchase occurred and to the La. Automated Victim Notification
System.
Proposed law removes the requirement that the licensed dealer report the denial to the La. Automated
Victim Notification System.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.1.3(E)(1))