Ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines and providing a penalty. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Generally, current law does not prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of an assault weapon. This bill bans the transportation, purchase, possession, or transfer of an assault weapon and specifically defines "assault weapon" for the purpose of the ban. Under the bill, whoever transports, purchases, possesses, or transfers an assault weapon is guilty of a felony and may be fined up to $10,000, sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to six years, or both; if the crime is committed in a school zone, the maximum term of imprisonment is increased by five years. This ban does not apply to the transportation, purchase, possession, or transfer of an assault weapon that is rendered permanently inoperative, to any peace officer or armed forces or military personnel while on official duty, to a licensed importer or manufacturer of assault weapons, or to a firearms dealer who is authorized to sell assault weapons.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to result if the bill is enacted.

Who's behind it

5 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 5 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker signed on in support⁠.