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PRINTER'S NO. 3233
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2216
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY KAMPF, STEPHENS, CHARLTON, COMITTA, DEAN,
DRISCOLL, W. KELLER, KINSEY, J. McNEILL, MURT, PASHINSKI,
ROE, SCHLOSSBERG AND SCHWEYER, APRIL 2, 2018
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, APRIL 2, 2018
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
for the offense of prohibited offensive weapons.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 908(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
§ 908. Prohibited offensive weapons.
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(c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection:
"Firearm." Any weapon which is designed to or may readily be
converted to expel any projectile by the action of an explosive
or the frame or receiver of any such weapon.
"Large capacity ammunition magazine." Any box, drum, tube,
feed strip, container or other device that is capable of
accepting or may be readily converted to accept more than 10
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rounds of ammunition or five shotgun shells to be fed
continuously and directly from the device into a firearm. The
term does not include a device that:
(1) has been permanently altered so that it may not
accommodate more than 10 rounds of ammunition or more than
five shotgun shells; or
(2) a tubular magazine device that is contained or used
in a lever-action firearm or single-action only firearm.
"Machinegun." As defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5845 (relating to
definitions). The term shall include any part or combination of
parts designed and intended to accelerate the rate of fire of a
semiautomatic firearm to simulate the rate of fire of a
machinegun.
"Offensive weapons." Any bomb, grenade, [machine gun]
machinegun, sawed-off shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches,
firearm specially made or specially adapted for concealment or
silent discharge, large capacity ammunition magazine, any
blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles, dagger, knife, razor or
cutting instrument, the blade of which is exposed in an
automatic way by switch, push-button, spring mechanism, or
otherwise, any stun gun, stun baton, taser or other electronic
or electric weapon or other implement for the infliction of
serious bodily injury which serves no common lawful purpose.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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