Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the sale or transportation of assault weapons or magazines holding 12 or more rounds.

Highlights:

• Prohibits an individual from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, or purchasing an assault firearm and specifies a violation of this section shall be a Class 6 felony (Sec. 1).

• Defines “assault firearm” as a semi-automatic center-fire rifle that expels single or multiple projectiles by an explosion of combustible material with a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 12 rounds (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits an individual from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, or purchasing any large-capacity firearm magazine and specifies a violation of this section shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor (Sec. 1).

• Defines “large-capacity firearm magazine” as any firearm magazine, belt, drum, feed strip, or similar device that has the capacity of, or can be readily restored or converted to accept more than 12 rounds of ammunition (Sec. 1).

• Exempts any government officer, agent, employee, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States from the above prohibitions (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes an individual who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine before July 1, 2020, to retain possession until January 1, 2021 (Sec. 1).

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