2019 -- S 0084 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Coyne, Lynch Prata, Miller, Conley, and Seveney | |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2019 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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 | 11-47-8.2. Certain weapons prohibited. |
4 | (a) Definitions. When used in this section the following terms shall have the following |
5 | meanings: |
6 | (1) "3D printing process" means 3D printing or additive manufacturing which is a |
7 | process of making three dimensional solid objects from a computer file and shall include any of |
8 | various processes in which material is joined or solidified under computer control to create a |
9 | three (3) dimensional object, with material being added together including liquid molecules, or |
10 | powder grains. |
11 | (2) "Major component" means, with respect to a firearm: |
12 | (i) The slide or cylinder or the frame or receiver of the firearm; and |
13 | (ii) In the case of a rifle or shotgun, includes the barrel of the firearm. |
14 | (b) It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, ship, deliver, possess, |
15 | transfer, or receive any firearm that: |
16 | (1) After removal of all parts, other than a major component, is not as detectable by walk- |
17 | through metal detectors commonly used at airports or other public buildings; or |
18 | (2) Any major component of which, if subjected to inspection by the types of detection |
19 | devices commonly used at airports or other public buildings for security screening, would not |
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1 | generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. |
2 | (3) Is manufactured wholly of plastic, fiberglass, or through a 3D printing process. |
3 | (c) Any person who violates this section shall be punished by imprisonment of not more |
4 | than ten (10) years, or by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. |
5 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - WEAPONS | |
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1 | This act would prohibit the manufacturing, importation, sale, shipment, delivery, |
2 | possession, or transfer of any firearm that is undetectable by metal detectors commonly used at |
3 | airports and public buildings including 3D printed firearms as defined herein. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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