HB1359 Firearms; purchase requirements, penalties.

↓Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Requires all firearm purchasers from dealers to first obtain a state-issued firearm purchaser license (in addition to the existing background check), and expands the background check process to include verification of the license and additional prohibitions, so more restrictions on who can buy guns.

Any person purchasing from a dealer a firearm as defined in this section shall present a valid firearm purchaser license issued by the Department of State Police pursuant to § 18.2-308.2:6 and shall consent in writing, on a form to be provided by the Department of State Police, to have the dealer obtain criminal history record information.

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↓Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Redefines and expands the list of banned 'assault firearms' (including specific semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns with listed features, plus modified firearms), so fewer types of firearms and accessories can be legally purchased or owned.

"Assault firearm" means 1. A semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol with a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 10 rounds; 2. A semi-automatic center-fire rifle that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine... and that has one or more of the following characteristics...

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↓Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Creates new felony penalties (including mandatory minimums) for straw purchases, trafficking firearms to ineligible persons, and related violations, and requires dealers to obtain a purchaser license for certain non-inventory sales, so greater restrictions on firearm acquisition and transfer.

Any person who purchases a firearm with the intent to (i) resell or otherwise provide such firearm to any person who he knows or has reason to believe is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive from a dealer a firearm for whatever reason or (ii) transport such firearm out of the Commonwealth to be resold or otherwise provided to another person who the transferor knows is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive a firearm is guilty of a Class 4 felony and shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year.

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