The license shall contain a description of the major differences between state and federal law and an explanation of the fact that local laws and ordinances on firearms are preempted by state law and must be consistent with state law. (i) A sale or transfer when the purchaser or transferee is a licensed collector and the firearm being sold or transferred is a curio or relic. (b) Any security personnel hired by a county and engaged in security specifically for a counting center, a voting center, a student engagement hub, or the county elections and voter registration office or areas of facilities used for such purposes. in enacting local ordinances restricting firearm possession on certain premises, local governments should be keenly aware that a demonstrable net benefit to public safety is required in order to justifyany abridgement of the constitutionally-recognized right to own and bear arms.". (a) A transfer between immediate family members, which for this subsection shall be limited to spouses, domestic partners, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings, siblings-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, first cousins, aunts, and uncles, that is a bona fide gift or loan; (b) The sale or transfer of an antique firearm; (c) A temporary transfer of possession of a firearm if such transfer is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to the person to whom the firearm is transferred if: (i) The temporary transfer only lasts as long as immediately necessary to prevent such imminent death or great bodily harm; and. Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Compiled Statutes (c) Anywhere in the state if the applicant is a nonresident. (4) The duly constituted licensing authorities of any city, town, or political subdivision of this state shall grant licenses in forms prescribed by the director of licensing effective for not more than one year from the date of issue permitting the licensee to sell firearms within this state subject to the following conditions, for breach of any of which the license shall be forfeited and the licensee subject to punishment as provided in RCW, (5)(a) A licensing authority shall, within thirty days after the filing of an application of any person for a dealer's license, determine whether to grant the license. Normally, the state will not revoke your permit for a first . (b) Every licensee shall have his or her concealed pistol license in his or her immediate possession at all times that he or she is required . (11) A political subdivision of the state shall not modify the requirements of this section or chapter, nor may a political subdivision ask the applicant to voluntarily submit any information not required by this section. 921(a)(11). (c) Conviction of the licensee for a third violation of this chapter within five calendar years; (d) An order that the licensee forfeit a firearm under RCW. (c) The requirements of subsection (3) of this section are met. Obviously, however, we would need to see the actual text of the ordinance in order to further evaluate it in line with such criteria. (3) This section does not apply to sales or transfers to licensed dealers or to the sale or transfer of an antique firearm. (b) For purposes of this subsection, "fire control component" means a component necessary for the firearm to initiate, complete, or continue the firing sequence, including any of the following: Hammer, bolt, bolt carrier, breechblock, cylinder, trigger mechanism, firing pin, striker, or slide rails. The application shall contain questions about the applicant's eligibility under RCW. (c) Except as provided in RCW 9.41.185, sets a so-called trap, spring pistol, rifle, or other dangerous weapon, although no injury results, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor punishable under chapter 9A.20 RCW. (b) If the felony firearm offender is confined to any correctional institution, state institution or facility, or health care facility throughout the twenty-day period described in (a) of this subsection, the offender shall personally appear before the county sheriff not later than forty-eight hours after release to verify and update, as appropriate, his or her registration. (1) In addition to the other requirements of this chapter, no dealer may deliver a pistol to the purchaser thereof until: (a) The dealer is notified in writing by (i) the chief of police or the sheriff of the jurisdiction in which the purchaser resides that the purchaser is eligible to possess a pistol under RCW, (b) The requirements or time periods in RCW. "Import" does not mean situations where an individual possesses a large capacity magazine when departing from, and returning to, Washington state, so long as the individual is returning to Washington in possession of the same large capacity magazine the individual transported out of state. The department shall provide a single application form for dealer's licenses and a single license form which shall indicate the type or types of licenses granted. If you are facing concealed weapon charges in Washington, contact a criminal defense attorney as soon as possible. Sec. Temporary emergency licenses shall be easily distinguishable from regular licenses. Any dealer who obtains any license under subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section may also obtain the remaining licenses without payment of any fee. Contact Us. Article 63. (2)(a) Community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the first degree is a class C felony punishable according to chapter, (b) Community endangerment due to unsafe storage of a firearm in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor punishable according to chapter. In turn, the right to bear arms which is recognized by that provision of our State Constitution has consistently been held by the Washington Supreme Court to be subject to reasonable regulation by the state (or, by implication, a municipality) in the exercise of its police power. (i) Used in the commission of a felony or of a nonfelony crime in which a firearm was used or displayed. By recent letter you requested our opinion on the following questions relating to local gun control: "(1) Are cities and counties preempted by RCW 9.41.290, 'Consistency of local law,' from enacting and enforcing an ordinance making it a criminal offense to be in possession of a firearm while intoxicated on alcohol or other drugs? Accordingly, RCW 9.41.290 applies and requires that the local ordinance be consistent with its state statutory counterpart (in this instance, RCW 9.41.098,supra) in order to be legally effective. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to: (a) Manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or have in possession or under control, any machine gun, bump-fire stock, undetectable firearm, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle; (b) Manufacture, own, buy, sell, loan, furnish, transport, or have in possession or under control, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively for use in a machine gun, bump-fire stock, undetectable firearm, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle, or in converting a weapon into a machine gun, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle; (c) Assemble or repair any machine gun, bump-fire stock, undetectable firearm, short-barreled shotgun, or short-barreled rifle; or. Carrying a concealed weapon without a valid license is a class A misdemeanor. But the Second Amendment guarantees " the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be . Possession of a firearm while intoxicated is not a crime under Nebraska state law unless you conceal your weapon. (2) A person required to register under this section must provide the following information when registering: (b) Complete and accurate residence address or, if the person lacks a fixed residence, where he or she plans to stay; (c) Identifying information of the gun offender, including a physical description; (d) The offense for which the person was convicted; (f) The names of any other county where the offender has registered pursuant to this section. We also note that while further legislation on the subject was thereafter considered during the subsequent, 1984, session no such legislation, amending or refining RCW 9.41.290,supra, has since been enacted. Background checks would not be required for gifts between immediate family members or for antiques." (24) "Nonimmigrant alien" means a person defined as such in 8 U.S.C. (1) Marshals, sheriffs, prison or jail wardens or their deputies, correctional personnel and community corrections officers as long as they are employed as such who have completed government-sponsored law enforcement firearms training and have been subject to a background check within the past five years, or other law enforcement officers of this state or another state; (2) Members of the armed forces of the United States or of the national guard or organized reserves, when on duty; (3) Officers or employees of the United States duly authorized to carry a concealed pistol; (4) Any person engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, or dealing in firearms, or the agent or representative of the person, if possessing, using, or carrying a pistol in the usual or ordinary course of the business; (5) Regularly enrolled members of any organization duly authorized to purchase or receive pistols from the United States or from this state; (6) Regularly enrolled members of clubs organized for the purpose of target shooting, when those members are at or are going to or from their places of target practice; (7) Regularly enrolled members of clubs organized for the purpose of modern and antique firearm collecting, when those members are at or are going to or from their collector's gun shows and exhibits; (8) Any person engaging in a lawful outdoor recreational activity such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, or horseback riding, only if, considering all of the attendant circumstances, including but not limited to whether the person has a valid hunting or fishing license, it is reasonable to conclude that the person is participating in lawful outdoor activities or is traveling to or from a legitimate outdoor recreation area; (9) Any person while carrying a pistol unloaded and in a closed opaque case or secure wrapper; or. We have, as you know, previously expressed our opinion regarding the impact of that 1983 statute on the adoption of local ordinances regulating or prohibiting the use or possession of firearms at, in, or under particular times, places or circumstances. (4) The county sheriff may take the offender's photograph or fingerprints for the inclusion of such record in the registration. (b) The act of keeping an unloaded firearm stored by such means. 923(a). (1) "Antique firearm" means a firearm or replica of a firearm not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in or before 1898, including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system and also any firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898, for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. (D) Prohibit the party from obtaining or possessing a concealed pistol license. (2) A dealer shall charge a purchaser or transferee a background check fee in an amount determined by the Washington state patrol and remit the proceeds from the fee to the Washington state patrol on a monthly basis. (1) The state, local governmental entities, any public or private agency, and the employees of any state or local governmental entity or public or private agency, acting in good faith, are immune from liability: (a) For failure to prevent the sale or transfer of a firearm to a person whose receipt or possession of the firearm is unlawful; (b) For preventing the sale or transfer of a firearm to a person who may lawfully receive or possess a firearm; (c) For issuing a concealed pistol license or alien firearm license to a person ineligible for such a license; (d) For failing to issue a concealed pistol license or alien firearm license to a person eligible for such a license; (e) For revoking or failing to revoke an issued concealed pistol license or alien firearm license; (f) For errors in preparing or transmitting information as part of determining a person's eligibility to receive or possess a firearm, or eligibility for a concealed pistol license or alien firearm license; (g) For issuing a dealer's license to a person ineligible for such a license; or.