ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session
	Senate: JUDE DP 4-3-0-0 | 3^rd Read 17-11-0-2

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SB 1014: prohibited weapons; muffling device; repeal

Sponsor: Senator Rogers, LD 7

Committee on Judiciary

Overview

Exclude suppressors from the definition of prohibited weapon.

History

In the Arizona Criminal Code, a prohibited weapon is defined to include:

1) bombs, grenades, landmines and rockets with more than four ounces of propellant;

2) suppressors made to muffle the sound of a firearm;

3) fully automatic firearms;

4) short barreled rifles and shotguns;

5) breakable containers with flammable liquids and a wick (commonly called Molotov cocktails);

6) chemical explosives;

7) improvised explosive devices; and

8) parts or materials designed and intended to make bombs or explosives (A.R.S. § 13-3101).

A person can commit misconduct involving weapons by knowingly manufacturing, possessing, transporting, selling or transferring a prohibited weapon; this offence is a class 4 felony (A.R.S. § 13-3102).

Provisions

1. Removes a device that is designed, made or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm from the definition of a prohibited weapon. (Sec. 1)

2. Makes conforming changes. (Sec. 1, 2)

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