Exemption of concealed weapon permittee from federal handgun purchase background check and waiting period

45-8-330 . (Temporary) Exemption of concealed weapon permittee from federal handgun purchase background check and waiting period. A person possessing a concealed weapon permit or an enhanced concealed weapon permit is: (1) considered to have a permit constituting completion of the background check required by 18 U.S.C. 921 through 925A; and (2) exempt from that act's 5-day waiting period for the purchase of a handgun. (Subsections (1) and (2) terminate contingent on the elimination of federal statutory or case law requirements--sec. 5, Ch. 408, L. 1995.)