PRINTER'S NO. 821
No. 737 Session of 2001
INTRODUCED BY FRANKEL, BISHOP, COSTA, CURRY, MICHLOVIC,
PISTELLA, ROBINSON, ROEBUCK, THOMAS, WASHINGTON, C. WILLIAMS
AND ROONEY, FEBRUARY 14, 2001
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 14, 2001
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, further providing for the sale or
3 lease of weapons and explosives.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 6302 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 6302. Sale or lease of weapons and explosives.
9 * * *
10 (c) Civil liability.--Any person who violates subsection (a)
11 shall be strictly liable for damages for personal injury caused
12 to any person who is injured by the use, by a person under 18
13 years of age, of the deadly weapon, cartridge, gunpowder or
14 other similar explosive substance.
15 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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