Bill Text: MI HB5190 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Weapons; firearms; definition of firearms; expand to include 3-D printed guns, and prohibit manufacture, sale, or possession. Amends sec. 224 of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.224).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-11-05 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 11/05/2019 [HB5190 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-HB5190-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5190
October 31, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Hammoud,
Koleszar, Manoogian, Kuppa, Whitsett, Brixie, Pagan, Sowerby, Camilleri and
Wittenberg and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 224 (MCL 750.224), as amended by 2006 PA 401.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or possess any of the following:
(a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
(b) A muffler or silencer.
(c) A bomb or bombshell.
(d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand club, sand bag, or bludgeon.
(e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance.
(f) A 3-D printed firearm.
(2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony , punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years , or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A self-defense spray or foam device as that term is defined in section 224d.
(b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government of the United States.
(c) A person licensed by the secretary of the treasury Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or the secretary's Secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance described in subsection (1).
(4) As used in this chapter: , "muffler"
(a) "Muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following:
(i) (a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report of a firearm.
(ii) (b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
(iii) (c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
(b) "3-D printed firearm" means either of the following:
(i) A firearm created utilizing 3-D printing.
(ii) A component of a firearm created utilizing 3-D printing.
(c) "3-D printing" means the conversion of digital files into 3-dimensional objects by continuously layering thin sheets of material until assembled.
