Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13.

Present law provides that it is a Class A misdemeanor to do the following: (1) To purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm knowing that the person is prohibited by state or federal law from owning, possessing or purchasing a firearm; (2) To sell or offer to sell a firearm to a person knowing that the person is prohibited by state or federal law from owning, possessing or purchasing a firearm; and (3) To transfer a firearm to a person knowing that the person (A) has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or (B) is receiving inpatient treatment at a treatment resource, other than a hospital. As of October 1, 2023, this bill makes the following changes to the present law: (1) Raises the classification of the offenses described above from Class A misdemeanors to Class C felonies; (2) Makes it a Class C felony for a person to purchase or attempt to purchase ammunition knowing that the person is prohibited by state or federal law from owning, possessing or purchasing ammunition; (3) Makes it a Class C felony to sell, loan, give, provide, or transfer a firearm or ammunition to a person, or offer to do so, knowing that the person is prohibited by state or federal law from owning, possessing, or purchasing a firearm or ammunition; (4) Makes it a Class C felony to sell, loan, give, provide, or transfer a firearm or ammunition to a person, or offer to do so, knowing that the person (A) has been judicially committed to a mental institution or adjudicated as a mental defective unless the person's right to possess firearms has been restored; or (B) is receiving treatment at a treatment resource, other than a hospital; and (5) Makes it a Class C felony for a person to knowingly make a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation that is intended or likely to deceive a licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector with respect to a fact that is material to the lawfulness of a sale or other disposition of a firearm or ammunition under this chapter in order to acquire or attempt to acquire the firearm or ammunition from the licensed importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector.