Verified Firearm Specifications

Maryland background checks handgun Restrictive

MD1030 — permit to purchase

Citation: MD Code, Public Safety, § 5-117.1

(b) A dealer or any other person may not sell, rent, or transfer a handgun to a purchaser, lessee, or transferee unless the purchaser, lessee, or transferee presents to the dealer or other person a valid handgun qualification license issued to the purchaser, lessee, or transferee by the Secretary under this section.

Effective: 2013-10-01

Maryland background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MD1048 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Maryland background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MD1001 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-124, § 5-204.1

Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-124 § 5-124. Secondary transactions. (a) Seven-day waiting period. (1) A person who is not a licensee may not sell, rent, transfer, or purchase a regulated firearm until after 7 days following the time a firearm application is executed by the firearm applicant, in triplicate, and the original is forwarded by a licensee to the Secretary.

Effective: 1996-10-01

Maryland background checks handgun Restrictive

MD1047 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30

Maryland background checks handgun Restrictive

MD1003 — sales from dealer

Citation: Md. Code Ann., Pub. Safety § 5-117.1

Handgun qualification license required for purchase of handguns. … (d) Qualifications for license. Subject to subsections (f) and (g) of this section, the Secretary shall issue a handgun qualification license to a person who the Secretary finds: ... (4) based on an investigation, is not prohibited by federal or State law from purchasing or possessing a handgun.

Effective: 1966-06-01

Massachusetts background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MA1067 — permit to purchase

Citation: M.G.L.A. 140 § 131 (a-c)

(a) A license shall entitle a holder thereof of a license to purchase, rent, lease, borrow, possess and carry: (i) firearms, including large capacity firearms, and feeding devices and ammunition therefor, for all lawful purposes; and (ii) rifles and shotguns, including large capacity weapons, and feeding devices and ammunition therefor, for all lawful purposes.

Effective: 2022-08-10

Massachusetts background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MA1053 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Massachusetts background checks handgun Restrictive

MA1052 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30

Massachusetts background checks handgun Restrictive

MA1001 — permit to purchase

Citation: Mass Laws 1968, Ch. 737 § 129B

Any person may submit to the licensing authority application for a firearm identification card, which such person shall be entitled to, unless the applicant: (a) Has within the last five years been convicted of a felony in any state or federal jurisdiction, or within that period has been released from a state prison or penitentiary, or (b) Has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness, except...

Effective: 1969-01-01 Superseded: 2022-08-10

Massachusetts background checks handgun Restrictive

MA1002 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Mass Laws 1968, Ch. 737 § 129B

Any person may submit to the licensing authority application for a firearm identification card, which such person shall be entitled to, unless the applicant (a) Has within the last five years been convicted of a felony in any state or federal jurisdiction, or within that period has been released from a state prison or penitentiary, or (b) Has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness, except...

Effective: 1969-01-01 Superseded: 2022-08-10

Massachusetts background checks long gun Restrictive

MA1003 — sales from dealer

Citation: Mass Laws 1968, Ch. 737 § 129B

Any person may submit to the licensing authority application for a firearm identification card, which such person shall be entitled to, unless the applicant (a) Has within the last five years been convicted of a felony in any state or federal jurisdiction, or within that period has been released from a state prison or penitentiary, or (b) Has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness, except...

Effective: 1969-01-01

Massachusetts background checks handgun Restrictive

MA1025 — sales from dealer

Citation: Mass Laws 1968, Ch. 737 § 129B

Any person may submit to the licensing authority application for a firearm identification card, which such person shall be entitled to, unless the applicant (a) Has within the last five years been convicted of a felony in any state or federal jurisdiction, or within that period has been released from a state prison or penitentiary, or (b) Has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness, except...

Effective: 1969-01-01

Massachusetts background checks long gun Restrictive

MA1030 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Mass Laws 1968, Ch. 737 § 129B

Any person may submit to the licensing authority application for a firearm identification card, which such person shall be entitled to, unless the applicant (a) Has within the last five years been convicted of a felony in any state or federal jurisdiction, or within that period has been released from a state prison or penitentiary, or (b) Has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness, except...

Effective: 1969-01-01 Superseded: 2022-08-10

Massachusetts background checks long gun Restrictive

MA1055 — permit to purchase

Citation: Mass Laws 1968, Ch. 737 § 129B

Any person may submit to the licensing authority application for a firearm identification card, which such person shall be entitled to, unless the applicant (a) Has within the last five years been convicted of a felony in any state or federal jurisdiction, or within that period has been released from a state prison or penitentiary, or (b) Has been confined to any hospital or institution for mental illness, except...

Effective: 1969-01-01

Michigan background checks long gun Restrictive

MI1073 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Mich. Comp. Laws Serv. § 28.422a Sec. 2a. (1)(d)

Sec. 2a. (1) The following individuals are not required to obtain a license under section 2 [§ 28.422] to purchase, carry, possess, use, or transport a firearm: …(d) An individual purchasing a firearm other than a pistol who has a federal national instant criminal background check performed on the individual by a federally licensed firearms dealer not more than 5 days before the purchase.

Effective: 2024-02-13

Michigan background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MI1043 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Michigan background checks handgun Restrictive

MI1042 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30

Michigan background checks handgun Restrictive

MI1056 — permit to purchase

Citation: Mich. Comp. Laws Serv. § 28.422 Sec. 2. (1)

Sec. 2. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a person shall not purchase, carry, possess, or transport a pistol in this state without first having obtained a license for the pistol as prescribed in this section.

Effective: 1991-03-28

Michigan background checks handgun Restrictive

MI1001 — permit to purchase

Citation: Mich. Comp. Laws Serv. § 28.422

§ 28.422. License to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistol; issuance; qualifications; applications; sale of pistol; exemptions; nonresidents; forging application as felony; implementation during business hours. Sec. 2.

Effective: 1927-09-05 Superseded: 1991-03-28

Michigan background checks handgun Restrictive

MI1004 — sales from dealer

Citation: Mich. Comp. Laws Serv. § 28.422

(3) The commissioner or chief of police of a city, township, or village police department that issues licenses to purchase, carry, possess, or transport pistols, or his or her duly authorized deputy, or the sheriff or his or her duly authorized deputy, in the parts of a county not included within a city, township, or village having an organized police department, in discharging the duty to issue licenses shall with...

Effective: 1927-09-05

Minnesota background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MN1048 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Minn. Stat. Ann. §624.7132, subd. 4

Subd. 4. Delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 7 or 8, no person shall deliver a pistol or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon to a proposed transferee until 30 days after the date the agreement to transfer is delivered to a chief of police or sheriff in accordance with subdivision 1 unless the chief of police or sheriff waives all or a portion of the waiting period.

Effective: 2023-08-01

Minnesota background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MN1049 — permit to purchase

Citation: Minn. Stat. § 624.7134, subds. 2

Subd. 2. Background check and evidence of identity. An unlicensed person is prohibited from transferring a pistol or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon to any other unlicensed person, unless: (1) the transfer is made through a firearms dealer as provided for in subdivision 3; or (2) the transferee presents a valid transferee permit issued under section 624.7131 and a current state or federally issued...

Effective: 2023-08-01

Minnesota background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MN1059 — extra time

Citation: Minn. Stat. Ann. §624.7132, subd. 4

Subd. 4. Delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision 7 or 8, no person shall deliver a pistol or semiautomatic military-style assault weapon to a proposed transferee until 30 days after the date the agreement to transfer is delivered to a chief of police or sheriff in accordance with subdivision 1 unless the chief of police or sheriff waives all or a portion of the waiting period.

Effective: 2023-08-01

Minnesota background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MN1036 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Minnesota background checks handgun Restrictive

MN1035 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30

Minnesota background checks handgun Restrictive

MN1002 — sales from dealer

Citation: Minn. Stat. § 624.7132, subd. 1, 2

Except as provided in this section and section 624.7131, every person who agrees to transfer a pistol shall report the following information in writing to the chief of police of the organized full-time police department of the municipality where the agreement is made or to the appropriate county sheriff if there is no such local chief of police… Upon receipt of a transfer report, the chief of police or sheriff shall...

Effective: 1977-05-27

Minnesota background checks handgun Restrictive

MN1022 — extra time

Citation: Minn. Stat. Ann. §624.7132, subd. 4

No person shall deliver a pistol to a proposed transferee until seven days after the date of the agreement to transfer as stated on the report delivered to a chief of police or sheriff in accordance with subdivision 1 unless the chief of police or sheriff waives all or a portion of the seven day waiting period.

Effective: 1977-05-27 Superseded: 2023-08-01

Mississippi background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MS1032 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Mississippi background checks handgun Restrictive

MS1031 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30

Missouri background checks handgun Permissive

MO1002 — permit to purchase

Citation: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.090

§ 571.090. Repealed L. 2007 S.B. 62 & 41 § A

Effective: 2007-08-28

Missouri background checks handgun Permissive

MO1004 — private sales : point of sale

Citation: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 571.090(3)

§ 571.090. Repealed L. 2007 S.B. 62 & 41 § A

Effective: 2007-08-28

Missouri background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MO1047 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Missouri background checks handgun Restrictive

MO1046 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30

Missouri background checks handgun Restrictive

MO1001 — permit to purchase

Citation: Mo. Rev. Stat. § 640.30

No person‚…shall directly or indirectly buy, sell, borrow, loan, give away, trade, barter deliver or receive, in this state, any pistol, revolver or other firearm of a size which may be concealed upon the person, unless the buyer, borrower or person receiving such weapon shall first obtain and deliver to, and the same be demanded and received by, the seller, loaner, or person delivering such weapon, within thirty...

Effective: 1927-04-07 Superseded: 2007-08-28

Montana background checks handgun and long gun Restrictive

MT1034 — 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...

Effective: 1998-11-30

Montana background checks handgun Restrictive

MT1033 — 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...

Effective: 1994-02-28 Superseded: 1998-11-30