Section 10.03. Definitions.

  In this chapter:

(1)  "Approval number" means the unique number the department provides a handgun dealer when the department approves a handgun transfer under this chapter.

(2)  "Confirmation number" means the unique number the department provides a handgun dealer to confirm an initial telephone call from the dealer to the department requesting handgun transfer approval whenever approval is not granted during that call.

(3)  "Dealer identification number" means the number the department provides a handgun dealer when the dealer registers as a handgun dealer under this chapter.

(4)  "FBI" means the federal bureau of investigation.

(4m)  "Firearms restrictions record search" means a search of department of justice records to determine whether a person seeking to purchase a handgun is prohibited from possessing a firearm, as provided in s. 175.35 (1) (at) , Stats.

(5)  "Department" means the Wisconsin department of justice.

(6)  "Handgun" means a weapon designed or redesigned, or made or remade, and intended to be fired while held in one hand and to use the energy of an explosive to expel a projectile through a smooth or rifled bore.

(7)  "Handgun dealer" or "dealer" means a firearms dealer as defined in s. 175.35 (1) (ar) , Stats., who offers one or more handguns for sale.

(8)  "Handgun store" means a distinct business location where a handgun dealer is in business as a handgun dealer regardless of how long or short the time and how small or large the business and regardless whether the dealer also operates other stores.

(9)  "Nonapproval number" means the number the department provides a handgun dealer when the department denies approval for a handgun transfer.

(10)  "Notification form" means the form a handgun dealer requires a transferee to complete before the dealer requests handgun transfer approval from the department.

(11)  "Record" means a transferee's criminal history records available for the department to search including the state criminal history record and the national criminal history record maintained by the FBI.

(12)  "Search" means a systematic inspection by the department of a transferee's record.

(13)  "Transferee" means a person who purchases a handgun from a dealer and to whom or at whose direction the dealer will transfer possession of the purchased handgun.

(14)  "Working day" means each day except Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday under s. 995.20 , Stats.

History: Cr. Register, November, 1991, No. 431 , eff. 12-1-91 ; correction in (7) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2001 No. 549 ; correction in (14) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats.; CR 11-036 : cr. (4m) Register August 2012 , eff. 9-1-12.

Note

The department intends to issue a confirmation number even when approval is granted during the initial telephone call. See s. Jus 10.06 (2) (a) 2. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1