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Committee pauses firearm-hold liability bill after legal concerns; bill pulled for rewrite
Summary
A bill to limit liability for people who agree to hold another person’s firearm was presented but drew legal questions about scope of immunity, National Firearms Act items, and whether Wyoming's Good Samaritan provisions apply; the chairman pulled the draft for redrafting and further consultation with the senator who raised it.
Talise Hansen, staff attorney with the Legislative Service Office, presented bill draft 26LSO33 on Aug. 18, a measure that would create a statutory limited-liability framework for "firearm hold agreements" — written or oral agreements under which a third party takes temporary possession of a lawfully possessed firearm to reduce self-harm or risk.
The draft would bar civil causes of action against a person who returns a firearm at the termination of an agreed hold unless the return resulted from breach of contract or unlawful conduct. It would not apply to items covered by the National Firearms Act (NFA).…
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