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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Miller, and Nesselbush | |
Date Introduced: March 02, 2017 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
(Attorney General) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 11-47-35.4. Sale or transfer to a party who is not intended owner or possessor. |
4 | (a) No person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a firearm on behalf of or |
5 | transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know is prohibited from |
6 | possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law. |
7 | (b) Every person violating the provision of this section shall, upon conviction, be subject |
8 | to imprisonment for up to ten (10) years, or by a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or |
9 | both. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall upon a second or subsequent |
10 | conviction be subject to imprisonment for not less than two (2) years nor more than fifteen (15) |
11 | years or a fine up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), or both. Except for a first conviction |
12 | under this section, the person shall not be afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of |
13 | sentence, nor probation. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would provide that no person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a |
2 | firearm on behalf of or transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know |
3 | is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law. Violation would |
4 | be punishable by imprisonment up to ten (10) years, or a fine of up to ten thousand dollars |
5 | ($10,000), or both for the first offense and for any subsequent offense by mandatory |
6 | imprisonment of two (2) to fifteen (15) years or a fine of up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000), |
7 | or both. |
8 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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