Missouri 2025 Regular Session

Missouri Senate Bill SB346 Compare Versions

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2	2	EXPLANATION-Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted
3	3	and is intended to be omitted in the law.
4	4	FIRST REGULAR SESSION
5	5	SENATE BILL NO. 346
6	6	103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
7	7	INTRODUCED BY SENATOR MOSLEY.
8	8	0048S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	To repeal sections 571.070 and 571.080, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof three new sections
11	11	relating to firearms, with penalty provisions.
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13	13	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
14	14	Section A. Sections 571.070 and 571.080, RSMo, are 1
15	15	repealed and three new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be 2
16	16	known as sections 571.023, 571.0 70, and 571.080, to read as 3
17	17	follows:4
18	18	571.023. 1. As used in this section the following 1
19	19	terms mean: 2
20	20	(1) "Assault weapon", any: 3
21	21	(a) Semi-automatic rifle that has the capacity to 4
22	22	accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the 5
23	23	following: 6
24	24	a. A pistol grip or thumbhole stock; 7
25	25	b. Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding 8
26	26	grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand; 9
27	27	c. A folding or telescoping stock; or 10
28	28	d. A shroud attached to the barrel, or that pa rtially 11
29	29	or completely encircles the barrel, that allows the bearer 12
30	30	to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being 13
31	31	burned, excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; 14
32	32	(b) Semi-automatic pistol or semi -automatic rifle with 15
33	33	a fixed magazine that has the capacity to accept more than 16
34	34	ten rounds of ammunition; 17
35	35	(c) Semi-automatic pistol that has the capacity to 18
36	36	accept a detachable magazine and has: 19 SB 346 2
37	37	a. Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding 20
38	38	grip that can be held by t he nontrigger hand; 21
39	39	b. A folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock; 22
40	40	c. A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially 23
41	41	or completely encircles the barrel, that allows the bearer 24
42	42	to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being 25
43	43	burned, excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; or 26
44	44	d. The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at any 27
45	45	location other than the pistol grip; 28
46	46	(d) Semi-automatic shotgun that has: 29
47	47	a. A pistol grip or thumbhole stock; 30
48	48	b. Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding 31
49	49	grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand; 32
50	50	c. A folding or telescoping stock; 33
51	51	d. A fixed magazine capacity in excess of five rounds; 34
52	52	or 35
53	53	e. An ability to accept a detachable magazine; 36
54	54	(e) Shotgun with a revolving cylinder; or 37
55	55	(f) Conversion kit, part, or combination of parts from 38
56	56	which an assault weapon can be assembled if in the 39
57	57	possession or under the control of a single person. 40
58	58	"Assault weapon" shall not include any firearm mad e 41
59	59	permanently inoperable; 42
60	60	(2) "Detachable magazine", either: 43
61	61	(a) An ammunition feeding device that can be loaded or 44
62	62	unloaded while detached from a firearm and can be readily 45
63	63	inserted into a firearm; or 46
64	64	(b) A magazine that can be detach ed from a firearm by 47
65	65	pressing a button on the firearm either with a finger, tool, 48
66	66	or bullet; 49 SB 346 3
67	67	(3) "Fixed magazine", an ammunition feeding device 50
68	68	contained in, or permanently attached to, a firearm in such 51
69	69	a manner that the device cannot be removed without 52
70	70	disassembly of the firearm action; 53
71	71	(4) "Large capacity magazine", any ammunition feeding 54
72	72	device with the capacity to accept more than ten rounds, but 55
73	73	excluding: 56
74	74	(a) A feeding device that has been permanently altered 57
75	75	so that it cannot accommodate more than ten rounds; 58
76	76	(b) A twenty-two caliber tubular magazine; or 59
77	77	(c) A tubular magazine contained in a lever -action 60
78	78	firearm. 61
79	79	2. No person, corporation, or other entity in the 62
80	80	state of Missouri shall manufacture, import , possess, 63
81	81	purchase, sell, or transfer any assault weapon or large 64
82	82	capacity magazine. 65
83	83	3. The provisions of this section shall not apply to: 66
84	84	(1) Any government officer, agent, or employee; member 67
85	85	of the United States Armed Forces; or peace of ficer, to the 68
86	86	extent that the person is authorized to acquire or possess 69
87	87	an assault weapon or large capacity magazine and does so 70
88	88	while acting within the scope of his or her duties; 71
89	89	(2) The manufacture of an assault weapon or large 72
90	90	capacity magazine by a firearms manufacturer for the purpose 73
91	91	of sale to an entity or person described under subdivision 74
92	92	(1) of this subsection, provided that the manufacturer is 75
93	93	properly licensed under federal and state laws; 76
94	94	(3) The sale or transfer of an assa ult weapon or large 77
95	95	capacity ammunition feeding device by a dealer, who is 78
96	96	properly licensed under federal, state, and local laws, to 79
97	97	an entity or person described under subdivision (1) of this 80 SB 346 4
98	98	subsection for use by that entity or person for official 81
99	99	purposes; or 82
100	100	(4) Any person who, prior to and continuously since 83
101	101	the effective date of this section, was legally in 84
102	102	possession of an assault weapon or large capacity magazine. 85
103	103	4. A violation of this section is a class C felony. 86
104	104	571.070. 1. A person commits the offense of unlawful 1
105	105	possession of a firearm if such person knowingly has any 2
106	106	firearm in his or her possession and: 3
107	107	(1) Such person has been convicted of a felony under 4
108	108	the laws of this state, or of a crime u nder the laws of any 5
109	109	state or of the United States which, if committed within 6
110	110	this state, would be a felony; or 7
111	111	(2) Such person is a fugitive from justice, is 8
112	112	habitually in an intoxicated or drugged condition, or is 9
113	113	currently adjudged mentally in competent or has been 10
114	114	committed to any state mental institution at sixteen years 11
115	115	of age or older. 12
116	116	2. Unlawful possession of a firearm is a class C 13
117	117	felony, unless a person has been convicted of a dangerous 14
118	118	felony as defined in section 556.061, or the person has a 15
119	119	prior conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm in 16
120	120	which case it is a class B felony. 17
121	121	3. The provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection 1 18
122	122	of this section shall not apply to the possession of an 19
123	123	antique firearm. 20
124	124	571.080. A person commits the [crime] offense of 1
125	125	transfer of a concealable firearm if such person violates 18 2
126	126	U.S.C. Section 922(b) , 18 U.S.C. Section 922(t), or 18 3
127	127	U.S.C. Section 922(x). 4
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