TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 10: SPECIAL ACT FOR FIREARMS ENFORCEMENT (SAFE) § 10755. Grounds for denial of firearm vendor license. (a) The Department shall deny the issuance or renewal of a Firearm Vendor License if the operation of the business would not or does not comply with federal, Commonwealth, or local law, or if the applicant or licensee: (1) Is a person under 21 years of age, or in the case of an organization applicant, has a chief executive under 21 years of age; (2) Has made a false or misleading statement of a material fact or omission of a material fact in the application for a Firearm Vendor License, or in any other documents submitted to the Department pursuant to this Chapter. If a permit is denied on this ground, the applicant is prohibited from reapplying for a permit for a period of five years; (3) Has had a license or permit to sell, lease, transfer, purchase, or possess firearms or ammunition from the federal government or the government of any state or subdivision of any state revoked, suspended, or denied for good cause within the preceding five years; (4) Is a person, or in the case of an organization, has a chief executive, who is prohibited by any federal, state, or local law from purchasing or possessing firearms or ammunition, or has been convicted of: (i) An offense relating to the manufacture, sale, possession, or use of a firearm or dangerous or deadly weapon or ammunition therefor; (ii) An offense involving the use of force or violence upon the person of another; (iii) An offense involving theft, fraud, dishonesty, or deceit; (iv) Within the preceding 10 years, an offense involving the manufacture, sale, possession, or use of a controlled substance; or (5) Is a person, or in the case of an organization has a chief executive officer, who is currently, or has been within the preceding five years, an unlawful user of or addicted to a controlled substance; or (6) Is not eligible, or in the case of an organization, has a chief executive who is not eligible, for a Firearm Owner's Identification Card. Source: PL 19-73 § 6 (Dec. 1, 2016), modified. Commission Comment: The Commission renumbered this section and subsections (a)(4)(i)–(iv) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(a). The Commission inserted serial commas in (a), (a)(3)–(a)(4), (a)(4)(i), and (a)(4)(iii) and changed “ten” to “10” in (a)(4)(iv) pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(g).