A BILL TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 23, TITLE 16 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES INVOLVING WEAPONS, BY ADDING SECTION 16-23-540 TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION, OR MANUFACTURE OF A DEVICE, PART, COMPONENT, ATTACHMENT, OR ACCESSORY INTENDED TO ACCELERATE THE RATE OF FIRE OF A SEMIAUTOMATIC FIREARM, TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION, AND TO ALLOW EXCEPTIONS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO AMEND ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 31, TITLE 23, RELATING TO THE PURCHASE OF RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS, BY ADDING SECTION 23-31-30, TO PROVIDE THAT NO PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE MAY PURCHASE A RIFLE; TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 31, TITLE 23, RELATING TO THE USE AND POSSESSION OF MACHINE GUNS, SAWED-OFF SHOTGUNS, AND RIFLES, BY ADDING SECTION 23-31-335, TO PROHIBIT THE SALE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF LARGE CAPACITY MAGAZINES; AND TO DEFINE NECESSARY TERMS.
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Introduced Mar 14, 2018
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Chauncey K. Gregory
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