§5902 — Title 15 Commerce and Trade | U.S. Code

Summary

A worker is treated as having a valid armored‑car weapons license only if the license comes from the state agency in the state where the worker mainly works and the worker meets any other state rules for armored‑car crew members. The state agency must follow minimum rules when it issues or renews the license. For a first license, the agency must confirm the worker got classroom and range training in weapons safety and marksmanship during the current year from a qualified instructor for every weapon to be carried, and must run a criminal background check during the current year to make sure federal law would not bar the worker from having a weapon. For renewals, the agency must confirm continued training from a qualified instructor for each licensed weapon and again determine possession would not violate federal law. Licenses may be issued for no more than 2 years, except a state that had a law before October 1, 1996, may issue licenses up to 5 years.

Title 15, §5902

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(a)If an armored car crew member employed by an armored car company—

(1)has in effect a license issued by the appropriate State agency (in the State in which such member is primarily employed by such company) to carry a weapon while acting in the services of such company in that State, and such State agency meets the minimum requirements under subsection (b); and

(2)has met all other applicable requirements to act as an armored car crew member in the State in which such member is primarily employed by such company,

(b)A State agency meets the minimum State requirements of this subsection if—

(1)in issuing an initial weapons license to an armored car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction that—

(A)the crew member has received classroom and range training in weapons safety and marksmanship during the current year from a qualified instructor for each weapon that the crew member will be licensed to carry; and

(B)the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew member would not violate Federal law, determined on the basis of a criminal record background check conducted during the current year;

(2)in issuing a renewal of a weapons license to an armored car crew member described in subsection (a), the agency determines to its satisfaction that—

(A)the crew member has received continuing training in weapons safety and marksmanship from a qualified instructor for each weapon that the crew member is licensed to carry; and

(B)the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew member would not violate Federal law, as determined by the agency; and

(3)in issuing a weapons license under paragraph (1) or paragraph (2), as the case may be—

(A)the agency issues such license for a period not to exceed 2 years; or

(B)the agency issues such license for a period not to exceed 5 years in the case of a State that enacted a State law before October 1, 1996, that provides for the issuance of an initial weapons license or a renewal of a weapons license, as the case may be, for a period not to exceed 5 years.

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1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–287, § 2(a), amended heading and text of subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “If an armored car crew member employed by an armored car company has in effect a license issued by the appropriate State agency (in the State in which such member is primarily employed by such company) to carry a weapon while acting in the services of such company in that State, and such State agency meets the minimum State requirements under subsection (b) of this section, then such crew member shall be entitled to lawfully carry any weapon to which such license relates in any State while such crew member is acting in the service of such company.” Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–287, § 2(b), amended heading and text of subsec. (b) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “A State agency meets the minimum State requirements of this subsection if in issuing a weapons license to an armored car crew member described in subsection (a) of this section, the agency requires the crew member to provide information on an annual basis to the satisfaction of the agency that— “(1) the crew member has received classroom and range training in weapons safety and marksmanship during the current year by a qualified instructor for each weapon that the crew member is licensed to carry; and “(2) the receipt or possession of a weapon by the crew member would not violate Federal law, determined on the basis of a criminal record background check conducted during the current year.”

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Effective Date

of 1998 Amendment Pub. L. 105–287, § 3, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2777, provided that: “The

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made by section 2 [amending this section] shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 27, 1998].”

§5902 State reciprocity of weapons licenses issued to armored car company crew members

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Title 15, §5902

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