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Utah law requires a criminal background check before a licensed firearms dealer can sell or transfer a gun, but this bill adds two new exemptions to that requirement. First, it clarifies in statute that a federally licensed firearms dealer (someone who holds a federal firearms license) does not need a background check when receiving a firearm transfer. Second, it exempts individuals from a background check when purchasing or receiving an NFA firearm — meaning heavily regulated weapons like silencers or short-barreled rifles — if they have already received federal approval from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives within the past 30 days. Buyers of NFA firearms who have recently cleared the federal ATF approval process would no longer also be required to undergo a separate state background check at the point of sale.