2018 -- S 2615

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

     

     Introduced By: Senators Miller, Goodwin, Lynch Prata, Conley, and Satchell

     Date Introduced: March 01, 2018

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (Attorney General)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 11-47 of the General Laws entitled "Weapons" is hereby amended

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by adding thereto the following section:

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     11-47-35.4. Sale or transfer to a party who is not intended owner or possessor.

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     (a) No person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a firearm on behalf of or

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transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know is prohibited from

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possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law.

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     (b) Every person violating this section shall be, upon conviction, subject to imprisonment

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for up to ten (10) years, a fine up to ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. Any person violating

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this section upon a second or subsequent conviction shall be subject to imprisonment for not less

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than two (2) years nor more than fifteen (15) years, a fine up to fifteen thousand dollars

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($15,000), or both. Except for a first conviction under this section, the person shall not be

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afforded the provisions of suspension or deferment of sentence, nor probation.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES -- WEAPONS

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     This act would provide that no person shall knowingly purchase or otherwise obtain a

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firearm on behalf of or transfer to a person who the transferor knows or reasonably should know

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is prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal or state law.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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