SB 1272 Summary

• Requires all gun show vendors to be licensed dealers, prohibiting unlicensed persons from selling, transferring, or exchanging firearms at gun shows.

• Defines "gun show" as an event with at least three gun show vendors exhibiting or selling firearms, including the entire premises and parking areas.

• Makes violation of gun show vendor licensing requirements a felony of the third degree, punishable under Florida sentencing statutes.

• Reorganizes and renumbers firearm-related definitions in Florida Statutes section 790.001 and updates cross-references throughout related statutes.

• Effective October 1, 2013.