HB 2

Abstract

Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm. This bill is identical to SB 2.

Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearmsand certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Createsa Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures,purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is definedin the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of suchviolation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm fora period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill providesthat an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antiquefirearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operatedby bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured beforeJuly 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacityammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. Thebill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i)sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assaultfirearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor andthat any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a largecapacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person youngerthan 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess,transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date ofmanufacture of such assault firearm.

Purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc.,of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited;penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports,sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfersan assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibitsa person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing,possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three yearsfrom the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearmdoes not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump,lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024.The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feedingdevice, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides thatany person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearmto another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from anotherperson is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person whoimports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill alsomakes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 yearsof age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport,or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufactureof such assault firearm.