Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that makes it a crime to knowingly import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD).

Highlights:

• Prohibits the crime of knowingly importing, selling, manufacturing, transfering, or possessing a semiautomatic assault weapon (SAW) or large capacity ammunition feeding device (LCAFD), but specifies the prohibition does not apply to a firearm that is (Sec. 3):

• Manually operating by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action; or

• Permanently inoperable;

• An antique; or

• A rifle or shotgun specifically identified by make and model.

• Exempts current and retired law enforcement officers, or authorized tests or experiments, and the importation, sale, transfer, or possession related to securing nuclear materials from the aforementioned prohibitions (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes the continued possession, sale, or transfer of a grandfathered SAW, that must be securely stored, and requires licensed gun dealers conduct background checks prior to the sale or transfer of a grandfathered SAW between private parties (Sec. ).

• Authorizes the continued possession, but prohibits the sale or transfer of a grandfathered LCAFD (Sec. 2-3).

• Requires that newly manufactured LCAFDs display serial number identification, and newly manufactured SAWs as well as LCAFDs display the date of manufacture (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes the state or local government to use Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program funds to compensate individuals who surrender a SAW or LCAFD under a buy-back program (Sec. 6).

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text