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| 2 | 2 | | FIRST REGULAR SESSION |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL NO. 127 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 5 | 5 | | INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WASHINGTON. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 0858S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | To amend chapter 571, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the offense of |
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| 9 | 9 | | unlawful possession of a handgun, with penalty provisions. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Section A. Chapter 571, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1 |
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| 13 | 13 | | one new section, to be known as section 571.075, to read as 2 |
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| 14 | 14 | | follows:3 |
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| 15 | 15 | | 571.075. 1. As used in this section, the following 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | terms mean: 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Handgun", a firearm that has a short stock and is 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) "Juvenile detention facility", the same meaning as 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | defined under section 211.151; 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | (3) "Minor", a person who is under eighteen years of 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | age or, if a member of the United States Armed Forc es, under 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | eighteen years of age. 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 2. A person commits the offense of unlawful possession 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of a handgun if the person is a minor and knowingly 11 |
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| 26 | 26 | | possesses a handgun. 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 3. The offense of unlawful possession of a handgun is 13 |
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| 28 | 28 | | punishable by imposition of a fine not to exceed two hundred 14 |
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| 29 | 29 | | dollars, imprisonment in a juvenile detention facility for a 15 |
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| 30 | 30 | | period not to exceed ten days, or both. 16 |
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