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Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.
Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. 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 with some exceptions, 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 ass…
Source: OpenStates · fetched April 22, 2026
Prohibits the sale, manufacture, import, purchase, or transfer of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices, creating a Class 1 misdemeanor for violations. It also imposes a three-year firearm purchase, possession, or transport ban on individuals convicted of such violations.
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Prohibits the sale, manufacture, import, purchase, or transfer of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices, creating a Class 1 misdemeanor for violations. It also imposes a three-year firearm purchase, possession, or transport ban on individuals convicted of such violations.
“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 with some exceptions”· Prohibits the sale, manufacture, import, purchase, or transfer of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices, creating a Class 1 misdemeanor for violations.
“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.”· It also imposes a three-year firearm purchase, possession, or transport ban on individuals convicted of such violations.
- Prohibits the importation, sale, manufacture, purchase, or transfer of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices.
- Establishes a Class 1 misdemeanor penalty for violations of the prohibition.
- Imposes a three-year ban on firearm purchase, possession, or transport for individuals convicted of violating the assault firearm prohibition.
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