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113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 965
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2013
Mr. Gutierrez
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the
Judiciary
A BILL
To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also
known as Saturday Night Specials.
1.
Prohibition against
possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as saturday night
specials
(a)
In
general
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
(aa)
(1) It shall be unlawful for
any person to possess or transfer a junk gun which has been shipped or
transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the
continuous and otherwise lawful possession of a junk gun by a person during any
period that began before the effective date of this
subsection.
.
(b)
Junk gun
defined
Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the
end the following:
(36)
(A) The term junk gun
means—
(i) a handgun that is not a sporting
handgun; and
(ii) any combination
of parts from which a handgun described in clause (i) can be assembled.
(B) The term sporting
handgun means a handgun which the Secretary has determined, using the
criteria applied in making determinations under section 925(d)(3), to be of a
type generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to
sporting
purposes.
.
(c)
Penalty
Section
924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by inserting or (aa)
before of.