Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands the list of persons prohibited from owning firearms.

Highlights:

• Establishes a new additional 10-year firearm prohibition period for individuals who violate previous law and are convicted of certain misdemeanors and prohibited from owning, purchasing, receiving, possessing, or having under their control, any firearm for a period of 10 years (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this bill shall apply to individuals who have been convicted of 2 or more specified misdemeanors, or 2 or more convictions for a single specified misdemeanor in a 3-year period involving possession of certain controlled substances or vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this act shall not apply retroactively, although convictions occurring prior to January 1, 2020 may be counted as priors (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this act shall make it a misdemeanor for individuals prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm to have under their custody or control any ammunition or reloaded ammunition (Sec. 2).

• Establishes that any individual convicted of a misdemeanor violation on or after January 1, 2019 and who subsequently owns, purchases, or has in their custody or control any firearm is guilty of a public offense that’s punishable by imprisonment of no more than 6 year in a county jail or state prison and or a fine of no more than $500 (Sec. 2).

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