PRINTER'S NO. 2197
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1929
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY CAUSER, HERSHEY, IRVIN, KERWIN, MENTZER, METCALFE,
MILLARD, ROTHMAN, ROWE, SMITH, WHEELAND AND ZIMMERMAN,
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in inchoate crimes, further providing
for prohibited offensive weapons.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The definition of "offensive weapons" in section
908(c) of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is
amended to read:
ยง 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:
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"Offensive weapons." Any bomb, grenade, machine gun, sawed-
off shotgun with a barrel less than 18 inches, firearm specially
made or specially adapted for concealment or silent discharge,
any blackjack, sandbag, metal knuckles, [dagger, knife, razor or
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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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