Assault firearms and certain firearm magazines; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties.

Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assaultfirearms and certain firearm magazines; penalties. Expands thedefinition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing,selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, ortransporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony.The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferringfrom his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill alsoprohibits a person from carrying a shotgun with a magazine that willhold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which itis chambered in a public place; under existing law, this prohibitionapplies only in certain localities. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanorto import, sell, barter, or transfer any firearm magazine designedto hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.