Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, and New York each enacted legislation to extend background check requirements when guns are sold by unlicensed sellers. Three of these states (Delaware , Illinois, and New York) and Maryland passed laws requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen firearms (Webster 444-447). However, Maryland wanted to take a bigger step in firearm regulation by passing the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 which states that a PTP handgun law with fingerprint verification and mandated safety training, increased state police authority to take action against gun dealers' licenses if ...

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