PRINTER'S NO. 654
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
698
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY FITZGERALD, KINSEY, SANCHEZ, GUENST, HOHENSTEIN,
ROZZI, HANBIDGE, ISAACSON, McNEILL, SCHWEYER, LEE, CIRESI,
BULLOCK, WARREN, FRANKEL, MADDEN, KENYATTA, INNAMORATO,
SHUSTERMAN AND HOWARD, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 26, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
articles, further providing for definitions and for sale or
transfer of firearms.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 6102 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding definitions to read:
§ 6102. Definitions.
Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent
provisions of this subchapter which are applicable to specific
provisions of this subchapter, the following words and phrases,
when used in this subchapter shall have, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise, the meanings given to them in this
section:
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"Rifle." A weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade,
and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or
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