Verified Firearm Specifications

LA1043 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

LA1061 — authorized

Citation: La. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. § art.1002(B)

B. (1) The order to transfer firearms and suspend a concealed handgun permit shall be issued by the court at the time of conviction for any of the offenses listed in Subparagraph (A)(1) of this Article or at the time the court issues an injunction or order under any of the circumstances listed in Subparagraph (A)(2) of this Article.

LA1057 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

LA1062 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

LA1048 — public and private : CCW allowed

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 40:1379.3(c)

C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to: (9) Any person who has a valid concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to R.S. 40:1379.1 or 1379.3 and who carries a concealed handgun within one thousand feet of any school campus.

LA1049 — public and private : CCW not allowed

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 40:1379.39N

No concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following: (11) Any school, school campus, or school bus as defined in R.S. 14:95.6.

LA1050 — public and private : possession prohibited

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:95.2

A. Carrying a firearm, or dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at a school sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone is unlawful and shall be defined as possession of any firearm or dangerous weapon, on one's person, at any time while on a school campus, on school transportation, or at any school sponsored function in a specific designated area including but...

LA1051 — public and private : possession prohibited

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:95.2

A. Carrying a firearm, or dangerous weapon as defined in R.S. 14:2, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at a school sponsored function, or in a firearm-free zone is unlawful and shall be defined as possession of any firearm or dangerous weapon, on one's person, at any time while on a school campus, on school transportation, or at any school sponsored function in a specific designated area including but...

LA1053 — comprehensive

Citation: LSA-R.S. § 40:1796(a)

No governing authority of a political subdivision shall enact after July 15, 1985, any ordinance or regulation more restrictive than state law concerning in any way the sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transfer, transportation, license, or registration of firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or ammunition; however, this Section shall not apply to the levy and collection of sales and use taxes,...

LA1011 — youth possession

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. § 14:95.8(A)

§ 14:95.8. Illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile. A. It is unlawful for any person who has not attained the age of seventeen years knowingly to possess any handgun on his person. Any person possessing any handgun in violation of this Section commits the offense of illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile.

LA1058 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

LA1059 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 27 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)

(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

LA1060 — minimum age possession - federal

Citation: 43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

LA1014 — purchase and sale

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91

§ 14:91. Unlawful sales of weapons to minors. A. Unlawful sales of weapons to minors is the selling or otherwise delivering for value of any firearm or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon to any person under the age of eighteen. Lack of knowledge of the minor's age shall not be a defense.

LA1025 — purchase and sale

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. § 14:91

§ 14:91. Unlawful sales of weapons to minors. A. Unlawful sales of weapons to minors is the selling or otherwise delivering for value of any firearm or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon to any person under the age of eighteen. Lack of knowledge of the minor's age shall not be a defense.

LA1013 — purchase and sale

Citation: La. Code Crim. Law & Proc. Ann. § 5:740-91 (1943)

740-91. Unlawful sales to minors.-Unlawful sales to minors is the selling, or otherwise delivering for value by anyone over the age of seventeen of any intoxicating or spirituous liquors, or any firearm or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon, to any person under the age of twenty-one. Lack of knowledge of the minor's age shall not be a defense.

LA1024 — purchase and sale

Citation: La. Code Crim. Law & Proc. Ann. § 5:740-91 (1943)

740-91. Unlawful sales to minors.-Unlawful sales to minors is the selling, or otherwise delivering for value by anyone over the age of seventeen of any intoxicating or spirituous liquors, or any firearm or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon, to any person under the age of twenty-one. Lack of knowledge of the minor's age shall not be a defense.

LA1029 — mental health : committed to mh facility

Citation: LSA-R.S. 14:95.1

It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted of, or has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for, a crime of violence as defined in R.S.

LA1028 — dvro : expanded

Citation: LA Rev Stat § 46:2136.3

The permanent injunction or protective order includes a finding that the person subject to the permanent injunction or protective order represents a credible threat to the physical safety of a family member, household member, or dating partner.

LA1027 — dvro : expanded

Citation: La. Rev. Stat. § 46:2136.3

Any person against whom the court has issued a permanent injunction or a protective order pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 9:361 et seq., R.S.

LA1045 — federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)

Repealed.

LA1044 — federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(s)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless-“(A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

ME1059 — private sales : point of sale (limited)

Citation: Maine Revised Statutes Annotated 15 § 395 (2), (4)

2.Transactions covered by this section. This section applies only to transactions in which: A. A seller sells to a buyer at a gun show; or B. A seller sells to a buyer as a result of an advertisement. 4. Requirement for transactions covered by this section.

ME1034 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

ME1033 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

ME1005 — shall issue (permit not required)

Citation: 25 Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. § 2001(A)(2)(A-1)

1. Display or carrying prohibited. A person may not, unless excepted by a provision of law: B. Wear under the person's clothes or conceal about the person's person a firearm, slingshot, knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, stiletto or other dangerous or deadly weapon usually employed in the attack on or defense of a person. 2. Exceptions.

ME1004 — shall issue

Citation: 25 Maine Rev. Stat. Ann. § 2001

Criteria for issuing permit. The issuing authority shall, upon written application, issue a permit to carry concealed firearms to any legal resident of that municipality who has demonstrated good moral character and who meets the following requirements (A through E).

ME1003 — may issue

Citation: Maine Ch. 217 (1917)

Sec 1: No person shall in a threatening manner display any firearm … nor shall wear under his clothes or concealed about his person any such firearm…unless first licensed so to do in the following manner. Sec. 2. Municipal officers may issue license.

ME1006 — traditional

Citation: Me. Rev. Stat. Ann. Tit. 17 § 104(3)

A person in possession or control of a dwelling place or a person who is licensed or privileged to be therein is justified in using deadly force upon another person: A. Under the circumstances enumerated in section 108; or B.

ME1037 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

ME1056 — negligent storage

Citation: Me. Stat., 17-A § 554(1)(B-4)

B-4. Acting with criminal negligence stores or leaves on premises that are under the person's control a loaded firearm in a manner that allows a child under 16 years of age to gain access to the loaded firearm without the permission of the child's parent, foster parent or guardian and the child in fact gains access to the loaded firearm and: (1) Uses the loaded firearm in a reckless or threatening manner; (2) Uses...

ME1047 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SEC. 110103. BAN OF LARGE CAPACITY AMMUNITION FEEDING DEVICES. << 18 USCA § 922 >> (a) PROHIBITION.-Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 110102(a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(w)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for a person to transfer or possess a large capacity ammunition feeding device.

ME1057 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

ME1048 — comprehensive - punitive

Citation: 25 M.R.S.A. § 2011

1. Preemption. The State intends to occupy and preempt the entire field of legislation concerning the regulation of firearms, components, ammunition and supplies. Except as provided in subsection 3, any existing or future order, ordinance, rule or regulation in this field of any political subdivision of the State is void. 2. Regulation restricted.

ME1043 — comprehensive

Citation: 25 M.R.S.A. § 2011

1. Preemption. The State intends to occupy and preempt the entire field of legislation concerning the regulation of firearms, components, ammunition and supplies. Except as provided in subsection 3, any existing or future order, ordinance, rule or regulation in this field of any political subdivision of the State is void. 2. Regulation restricted.

ME1010 — purchase and sale

Citation: Me. Stat., 17-A § 554-B (2)

§ 554-B 2. A person is guilty of unlawfully transferring a handgun to a minor if that person knowingly transfers a handgun to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a minor.