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HB26
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By Representatives Ensler, Treadaway, Bedsole, Hendrix,
Reynolds
RFD: Public Safety and Homeland Security
First Read: 04-Feb-25
PFD: 19-Aug-24
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PFD: 19-Aug-24
SYNOPSIS:
Under existing law, persons are prohibited from
possessing certain firearms.
This bill would prohibit persons from possessing
a pistol with a part or combination of parts designed
or intended to covert a pistol into a machine gun
installed on or attached to the pistol.
This bill would also provide criminal penalties
for violations.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to firearms; to prohibit persons from
possessing a pistol that has a part or combination of parts
designed or intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun
installed on or attached to the pistol; and to provide
penalties for violations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
term "machine gun" means any weapon which shoots, is designed
to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically
more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single
function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame
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function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame
or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended
solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and
intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun,
and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be
assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the
control of a person.
(b) No person shall knowingly own or have in his or her
possession, control, care, or custody a pistol that has a part
or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a
pistol into a machine gun installed on or attached to the
pistol.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class C felony.
(d) This section does not apply to any of the
following:
(1) A state or local law enforcement officer while
acting in an official capacity.
(2) A person who owns or has in his or her possession,
control, care, or custody a firearm, part, or combination of
parts that are registered in the National Firearms
Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives or is otherwise not
subject to that registration requirement.
(3) Any part, combination of parts, or device designed
or intended to increase a pistol's rate of fire but that does
not enable a semiautomatic pistol to fire more than two shots,
without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
1, 2025.
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