TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 10: SPECIAL ACT FOR FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT (SAFE) § 10751. Business of firearms, destructive devices, or ammunition – vendor’s license required. (a) No person or organization shall engage in the business of manufacturing, selling, purchasing, importing, or repairing any firearm, destructive device, parts therefor, or ammunition, without first obtaining a vendor's license. (b) No person shall import a firearm or destructive device without first obtaining a vendor's license. This prohibition shall not prohibit persons or organizations from importing firearms into the Commonwealth as provided by 6 CMC § 10805. (c) No licensee shall engage in the business of selling, purchasing, importing, or repairing of firearms which are unregisterable in the Commonwealth, except as provided by law, destructive devices, or parts therefor, except pursuant to a valid work or purchase order, for the Department of Public Safety, any law enforcement agency, or any member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Guard or organized reserves, when such officer, agent, or member is authorized to possess such a firearm or device while on duty in the performance of official authorized functions, or as otherwise provided by law. (d) Any license issued pursuant to this Chapter shall be issued by the Department of Public Safety. Provided, the license required by this Chapter shall be in addition to any other license or licensing procedure required by law. (e) The following individuals, government agencies, and organizations are exempt from this section: (1) members of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard, while engaged in the operation of their official duties; (2) a common carrier, warehouseman, or other person engaged in the business of transporting or storing goods, to the extent that the possession or receipt of any firearm is in the ordinary course of business and not for the personal use of any such person; (3) a person lawfully transporting a firearm through the Commonwealth in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 926A; (4) federal officials required to carry firearms, while engaged in the operation of their official duties; and (5) the Department of Public Safety. Source: PL 19-73 § 6 (Dec. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this section pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission substituted “6 CMC § 10805” for “§ 905 of this Division” in (b) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(c)–(d), (g). The Commission changed capitalization for the purpose of conformity pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(f). The Commission changed “licensee” to “license” in (a) and struck a comma in (d) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).