175.37 Warning whenever transferring a firearm.
(1) Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial transfer of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or transferee the following written warning in block letters not less than one-fourth inch in height: “IF YOU LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM WITHIN THE REACH OR EASY ACCESS OF A CHILD YOU MAY BE FINED OR IMPRISONED OR BOTH IF THE CHILD IMPROPERLY DISCHARGES, POSSESSES OR EXHIBITS THE FIREARM."
(2) Any person who violates sub. (1) may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
History: 1991 a. 139.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 175 - Miscellaneous police provisions.
175.095 - Daylight saving time.
175.10 - Sale to employees prohibited.
175.15 - Endurance contests; penalty.
175.20 - Amusement places, license, regulation.
175.22 - Policy on privacy in locker rooms.
175.25 - Storage of junked automobiles.
175.30 - Purchase of firearms in other states permitted.
175.35 - Purchase of handguns.
175.37 - Warning whenever transferring a firearm.
175.38 - Enforcement of video gambling law.
175.403 - Trespassing; arrest and removal.
175.42 - Marquette University police department.
175.44 - Law enforcement use of force.
175.46 - Mutual aid agreements.
175.47 - Review of deaths involving officers.
175.48 - Law enforcement officer identification cards.
175.49 - Former law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons.
175.50 - Eyewitness identification procedures.
175.51 - Reports of missing adults and veterans at risk and of hit-and-run incidents.
175.55 - Use of drones restricted.