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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY WATERS, V. BROWN, THOMAS, PAYTON, MYERS, JOSEPHS, M. O'BRIEN, BISHOP, JAMES, PARKER, K. BOYLE, BROWNLEE, FRANKEL, MUNDY, PRESTON AND WILLIAMS, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania |
2 | Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous |
3 | articles, prohibiting certain assault weapons. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
7 | Statutes is amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 6121.1. Certain assault weapons prohibited. |
9 | (a) Offense defined.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), |
10 | a person may not do any of the following: |
11 | (1) Possess, use, control, sell, transfer or manufacture |
12 | an assault weapon or obtain a license to possess, use, |
13 | control, sell, transfer or manufacture an assault weapon. |
14 | (2) Obtain a license to do, in this Commonwealth, any of |
15 | the acts under paragraph (1). |
16 | (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a member |
17 | of the armed forces of the United States or the National Guard |
18 | or a law enforcement officer while performing official duties or |
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1 | traveling to or from an authorized place of duty if possession |
2 | of the assault weapon is authorized under applicable statute, |
3 | regulation or military or law enforcement policy. |
4 | (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "assault |
5 | weapon" means: |
6 | (1) a semiautomatic rifle known as an SKS with |
7 | detachable magazine; |
8 | (2) a part or combination of parts designed or intended |
9 | to convert a firearm into a weapon described in paragraph |
10 | (1); or |
11 | (3) a combination of parts, in possession or under |
12 | control of the same person, from which a weapon described in |
13 | paragraph (1) may be readily assembled. |
14 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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