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HOUSE BILL NO. 597
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Offered January 10, 2018
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Prefiled January 8, 2018
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<i>A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered <a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.5:1">18.2-308.5:1</a>, relating to a prohibition against mechanical devices 
 designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; penalty.</i>
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Patron-- Carr
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Committee Referral Pending
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<p>Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:</p>
 
 
<p>1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered <a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.5:1">18.2-308.5:1</a> as follows:</p>
 
 
<p><i class=new>&sect;<a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.5:1">18.2-308.5:1</a>. 
 Sale or possession of mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire of 
 firearms; penalty.</i></p>
 
 
<p><i class=new>A. It is 
 unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, 
 sell, offer for sale, possess, 
 transfer, or transport in 
 the Commonwealth any mechanical device, including a trigger crank or a 
 bump-fire device, that is designed to 
 increase the rate of fire of any semi-automatic firearm to any rate beyond the 
 capability of an unaided person to operate the trigger 
 mechanism of that firearm.</i></p>
 
 
<p><i class=new>B. A violation of 
 this section shall be punishable as a Class 3 
 misdemeanor.</i></p>