Official:Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Service and Other Businesses, to add a new Section 9-640, entitled “Mandatory Posting of Warning of Unlawful Transfer of Firearm,” to require licensed firearms dealers to post signs warning that purchasing firearms for another is criminally punishable; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Jones
Introduced: November 14, 2024
Signed: June 12, 2025
: Committee on Public Safety
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill requires licensed firearms dealers in Philadelphia to post signs warning that buying a gun for someone else is against the law.
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