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Arms Bill

Miscellaneous provisions - Delivery or surrender of arms items and ammunition

331: Delivery or surrender of arms items and ammunition to licensed business

You could also call this:

"Handing in guns or ammo to a licensed business"

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You can give arms items or ammunition to a licensed business if you have them. It does not matter how you got the arms items or ammunition. You can do this even if you are not supposed to have them.

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Part 8Miscellaneous provisions
Delivery or surrender of arms items and ammunition

331Delivery or surrender of arms items and ammunition to licensed business

  1. Any person may arrange to deliver or surrender to a licensed business any arms item or ammunition that is in that person’s possession.

  2. It does not matter whether the person is lawfully or unlawfully in possession of the arms item or ammunition.