The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Angela L. De Jean.
DIGEST
SB 491 Original 2018 Regular Session Carter
Proposed law prohibits the importation, manufacture, sale, purchase, possession, or transfer within
this state of a rapid-fire device, and provides that anyone who violates this prohibition shall be fined
not more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Proposed law defines "rapid-fire device" as any of the following:
(1)A device that, when attached to a semiautomatic weapon, allows the weapon to discharge
two or more shots in a burst by activating the device.
(2)A manual or power-driven trigger activating device that, when attached to a semiautomatic
weapon, substantially increases the rate of fire of that weapon.
(3)A reciprocating stock or other device that, when attached to a semiautomatic weapon,
substantially accelerates the rate of fire of the weapon.
Proposed law defines "semiautomatic weapon" as any repeating weapon that utilizes the portion of
the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber to the next round, and
that requires a separate function of the trigger to fire each cartridge.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Adds R.S. 40:1801 and 1802)