October 9, 2013, Introduced by Senators GREEN, MEEKHOF, KOWALL, PAVLOV, COLBECK and ROBERTSON and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 224b (MCL 750.224b), as amended by 2008 PA 196.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
224b. (1) A person shall not make,
manufacture, sell,
offer
for sale, transfer, or possess a short-barreled shotgun or a
short-barreled rifle.
(2) A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony
punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of
not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(3)
This section does not apply to the sale, offering for
sale,
or possession of a short-barreled rifle or a short-barreled
shotgun
which the secretary of the treasury of the United States of
America,
or his or her delegate, under 26 USC, sections 5801
through
5872, or 18 USC, sections 921 through 928, has found to be
a
curio, relic, antique, museum piece, or collector's item not
likely
to be used as a weapon, but only if the person selling,
offering
for sale or possessing the firearm has also fully complied
with
section 2 or 2a of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422 and 28.422a. This
section does not apply to a firearm that is lawfully made,
manufactured, transferred, or possessed under federal law.
(4) A person, excluding a manufacturer, lawfully making,
transferring, or possessing a firearm under this section shall
comply with section 2 or 2a of 1927 PA 372, MCL 28.422 and 28.422a.
(5) Section 20 of chapter 16 of the code of criminal
procedure,
1927 PA 175, MCL 776.20, applies to this subsection (3).