SENATE BILL NO. 1310


   September 17, 1998, Introduced by Senator JAYE and referred to 
        the Committee on Hunting, Fishing and Forestry.



        A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

   "An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possess-
   ing, and carrying of certain firearms and gas ejecting devices;
   to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms
   and gas ejecting devices without a license; to provide for the
   forfeiture of firearms possessed in violation of this act; to
   provide immunity from civil liability under certain circum-
   stances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and
   local agencies; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts incon-
   sistent with the provisions of this act,"

   by amending section 1 (MCL 28.421), as amended by 1992 PA 219.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

 2         (A) "ANTIQUE FIREARM" MEANS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

 3         (i) A FIREARM THAT WAS NOT DESIGNED OR REDESIGNED FOR
             USING

 4    RIMFIRE OR CONVENTIONAL CENTER FIRE IGNITION WITH FIXED AMMUNI-

 5    TION AND THAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN 1898 OR EARLIER, INCLUDING A

 6    MATCHLOCK, FLINTLOCK, PERCUSSION CAP, OR SIMILAR TYPE OF IGNITION

 7    SYSTEM OR A REPLICA OF THAT TYPE OF FIREARM, REGARDLESS OF THE


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 1    TYPE OF IGNITION SYSTEM, WHETHER ACTUALLY MANUFACTURED IN 1898 OR

 2    EARLIER.

 3         (ii) A FIREARM USING FIXED AMMUNITION MANUFACTURED IN
             1898

 4    OR EARLIER, FOR WHICH AMMUNITION IS NO LONGER MANUFACTURED IN THE

 5    UNITED STATES AND IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE IN THE ORDINARY CHAN-

 6    NELS OF COMMERCIAL TRADE.

 7         (B)  (a)  "Firearm" means a weapon from which
             a dangerous

 8    projectile may be propelled by an explosive, or by gas or air.

 9    Firearm does not include  a smooth bore  AN ANTIQUE
             FIREARM OR A

10    rifle or handgun designed and manufactured exclusively for pro-

11    pelling by a spring, or by gas or air,  BB's  BBS
             OR PELLETS not

12    exceeding  .177  .22 caliber.

13         (C)  (b)  "Pistol" means a loaded or unloaded
             firearm that

14    is 30 inches or less in length, or a loaded or unloaded firearm

15    that by its construction and appearance conceals it as a

16    firearm.

17         (D)  (c)  "Purchaser" means a person who
             receives a pistol

18    from another person by purchase, gift, or loan.

19         (E)  (d)  "Seller" means a person who sells,
             furnishes,

20    loans, or gives a pistol to another person.

















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