Official:Amending Chapter 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety" by adding a new Section 10-831 entitled "Straw and Multiple Handgun Purchase Reduction" to limit purchases of handguns by Philadelphia residents to one a month, and to prohibit "straw purchases" of handguns utilized by criminals for the purpose of evading the one handgun a month limitation; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Clarke
Introduced: February 12, 2004
Signed: May 3, 2007
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill limits handgun purchases by Philadelphia residents to one per month and prohibits 'straw purchases' where someone buys a gun for another person to evade the limit.
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