{
 "citation": "14:95.1.3",
 "heading": "Fraudulent firearm and ammunition purchase; mandatory reporting",
 "doc_id": "814039",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=814039",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "2012",
 "last_amended_year": "2018",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "D",
   "text": "Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars or more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than twenty years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "20Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [],
 "text": "RS 14:95.1.3\n\n\u00a795.1.3. Fraudulent firearm and ammunition purchase; mandatory reporting\n\nA. It is unlawful for any person:\n\n(1) To knowingly solicit, persuade, encourage, or entice a licensed dealer or private\nseller of firearms or ammunition to sell a firearm or ammunition under circumstances which\nthe person knows would violate the laws of this state or of the United States.\n\n(2) To provide to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition what\nthe person knows to be materially false information with intent to deceive the dealer or seller\nabout the legality of a sale of a firearm or ammunition.\n\n(3) To willfully procure another person to engage in conduct prohibited by this\nSection.\n\nB. For purposes of this Section:\n\n(1) \"Ammunition\" means any cartridge, shell, or projectile designed for use in a\nfirearm.\n\n(2) \"Licensed dealer\" means a person who is licensed pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923 to\nengage in the business of dealing in firearms or ammunition.\n\n(3) \"Materially false information\" means information that portrays an illegal\ntransaction as legal or a legal transaction as illegal.\n\n(4) \"Private seller\" means a person who sells or offers for sale any firearm or\nammunition.\n\nC. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer acting\nin his official capacity or to a person acting at the direction of such law enforcement officer.\n\nD. Whoever violates the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall be fined not\nless than one thousand dollars or more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or\nwithout hard labor, for not more than twenty years, or both. The sentence imposed shall be\nserved without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.\n\nE.(1) If a person is reported ineligible to purchase firearms by the National Instant\nCriminal Background Check System (NICS), the licensed dealer shall report the NICS denial\nto the sheriff of the parish in which the attempted purchase occurred and to the Louisiana\nAutomated Victim Notification System.\n\n(2) If at any time a law enforcement agency discovers that a licensed dealer knew or\nshould have known that a purchaser or attempted purchaser of a firearm was prohibited from\npossessing a firearm and the licensed dealer failed to report as required by this Section, the\nsheriff or law enforcement agency shall notify all state and federal licensing agencies of the\nlicensed dealer's failure to report.\n\nActs 2012, No. 335, \u00a71; Acts 2018, No. 367, \u00a71, eff. Oct. 1, 2018."
}