A. For purposes of this section:
1. “Licensed dealer” means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C., Section 923 and pursuant to any laws of this state and engages in the business of dealing in firearms;
2. “Private seller” means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm, as defined by the laws of this state, or ammunition;
3. “Ammunition” means any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a firearm; and
4. “Materially false information” means information that portrays an illegal transaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.
B. Any person, who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which the person knows would violate the laws of this state or the United States is guilty of a felony.
C. Any person who provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what the person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition is guilty of a felony.
D. Any person who willfully procures another to engage in conduct prohibited by this section shall be held accountable as a principal.
E. This section does not apply to a law enforcement officer acting in his or her official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of such law enforcement officer.
F. A violation of this section is punishable by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), a term of imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not to exceed five (5) years, or by both fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 2011, c. 30, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2011.
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