HOUSE BILL No. 6295


     November 10, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Middleton and referred to the Committee on House Oversight and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   by amending section 224 (MCL 750.224), as amended by 1991 PA 33.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 224.  (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer

 2    for sale, or possess any of the following:

 3         (a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to

 4    shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by

 5    a single function of the trigger.

 6         (b) A muffler or silencer.

 7         (c) A bomb or bombshell.

 8         (d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand

 9    club, sand bag, or bludgeon.

10         (e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance

11    designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled


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 1    by the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other

 2    substance.

 3         (2) A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a

 4    felony  ,  punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years

 5     ,  or a fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.

 6         (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

 7         (a) A self-defense spray device as defined in section 224d.

 8         (b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or muni-

 9    tions of war  by virtue of a  UNDER contract with  a department

10     of the government of  the United States GOVERNMENT.

11         (c) A person licensed OR OTHERWISE OFFICIALLY APPROVED by

12    the secretary of the treasury of the United States or the

13    secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine

14    gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance

15    described in subsection (1).

16         (4) As used in this chapter, "muffler" or "silencer" means 1

17    or more of the following:

18         (a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the

19    report of a firearm.

20         (b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and

21    intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or

22    silencer.

23         (c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for

24    use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.









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