45-8-330 Exemption of concealed weapon permittee from federal handgun purchase background check and waiting period

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MT Code › Title 45 › Chapter 8 › Part 3 › Section 45-8-330

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45-8-330 . (Temporary) Exemption of concealed weapon permittee from federal handgun purchase background check and waiting period. A person possessing a concealed weapon permit or an enhanced concealed weapon permit is:

(1) considered to have a permit constituting completion of the background check required by 18 U.S.C. 921 through 925A; and

(2) exempt from that act's 5-day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun. (Subsections (1) and (2) terminate contingent on the elimination of federal statutory or case law requirements--sec. 5, Ch. 408, L. 1995.)

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