Vermont S 160: An act relating to agricultural development

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S.160 1
Introduced by Senator Baruth 2
Referred to Committee on 3
Date: 4
Subject: Criminal and civil procedures; firearms 5
Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to prohibit the 6
possession of machine guns and rapid-fire devices that permit a weapon to 7
function as or mimic a machine gun. 8
An act relating to firearms procedures 9
It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 10
Sec. 1. 13 V.S.A. § 4022 is amended to read: 11
§ 4022. BUMP-FIRE STOCKS; MACHINE GUNS; RAPID-FIRE 12
DEVICES; POSSESSION PROHIBITED 13
(a) As used in this section,: 14
(1) “bump-fire stock” “Bump-fire stock” means a butt stock designed to 15
be attached to a semiautomatic firearm and intended to increase the rate of fire 16
achievable with the firearm to that of a fully automatic firearm by using the 17
energy from the recoil of the firearm to generate a reciprocating action that 18
facilitates the repeated activation of the trigger. 19

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(2) “Auto sear” means a device, other than a bump stock, designed to 1
convert a semiautomatic firearm to shoot more than one shot with a single pull 2
of the trigger without manual reloading. 3
(3) “Machine gun” means any weapon that shoots, is designed to shoot, 4
or can be readily restored to shoot automatically more than one shot without 5
manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. “Machine gun” also 6
includes the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any part designed and 7
intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and 8
intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun; and any 9
combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if the parts 10
are in the possession or under the control of a person. 11
(4) “Rapid-fire device” means any device, including an auto sear, that 12
when installed in or attached to a firearm increases the weapon’s rate of fire or 13
the rate at which the trigger is activated. 14
(b) A person shall not possess a bump-fire stock, machine gun, or rapid-fire 15
device. A person who violates this subsection shall be imprisoned not more 16
than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both. 17
(c) The Department of Public Safety shall develop, promote, and execute a 18
collection process that permits persons to voluntarily and anonymously 19
relinquish bump-fire stocks prior to the effective date of this section October 1, 20
2018. 21

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Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 1
This act shall take effect on passage. 2