Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits the sale or possession of trigger modification devices and requires a firearms license for the purchase or possession of pre-packaged explosive components.

Highlights:

• Classifies the sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, or carry of a trigger modification device as unlawful use of a weapon (Sec. 10).

• Defines “trigger modification device” as any part designed to accelerate the rate of fire of a firearm, including but not limited to devices that harness the recoil energy of a firearm or produce multiple trigger functions through an external mechanism (Sec. 10).

• Requires individuals attempting to purchase pre-packaged explosive components to present a currently valid Firearm Owner’s Identification Card (Sec. 5).

• Defines “pre-packaged explosive components” as any product that contains 2 or more unmixed manufactured chemicals that are not independently classified as explosives, but when combined result in an explosive that is subject to regulation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (Sec. 10).

• Classifies sale or transfer of pre-packaged explosive components without being shown a Firearm Owner’s Identification Card as an unlawful sale, punishable as a Class 4 felony (Sec. 10).

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