| 1 | 1 | | SENATE BILL NO. 224 A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled "The Michigan penal code," by amending section 224 (MCL 750.224), as amended by 2006 PA 401. the people of the state of michigan enact: Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or possess any of the following: (a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. (b) A muffler or silencer. (c) A bomb or bombshell. (d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand club, sand bag, or bludgeon. (e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance. (f) A bump stock. (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following: (a) A self-defense spray or foam device as defined in section 224d. (b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government of the United States. (c) A person licensed by the secretary Secretary of the treasury Treasury of the United States or the secretary's Secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance described in subsection (1). (4) As used in this chapter: , "muffler" (a) "Bump stock" means a device that allows a semiautomatic firearm to shoot more than 1 shot with a single pull of the trigger by harnessing the recoil energy of the semiautomatic firearm to which the device is affixed so that the trigger resets and continues firing without additional physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter. (b) "Muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following: (i) (a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report of a firearm. (ii) (b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer. (iii) (c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer. |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 224 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled |
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| 7 | 7 | | "The Michigan penal code," |
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| 9 | 9 | | by amending section 224 (MCL 750.224), as amended by 2006 PA 401. |
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| 11 | 11 | | the people of the state of michigan enact: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for sale, or possess any of the following: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) A muffler or silencer. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) A bomb or bombshell. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand club, sand bag, or bludgeon. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (f) A bump stock. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) A self-defense spray or foam device as defined in section 224d. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government of the United States. |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) A person licensed by the secretary Secretary of the treasury Treasury of the United States or the secretary's Secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance described in subsection (1). |
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| 37 | 37 | | (4) As used in this chapter: , "muffler" |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) "Bump stock" means a device that allows a semiautomatic firearm to shoot more than 1 shot with a single pull of the trigger by harnessing the recoil energy of the semiautomatic firearm to which the device is affixed so that the trigger resets and continues firing without additional physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) "Muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (i) (a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report of a firearm. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (ii) (b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (iii) (c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer. |
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