Safety Act: Restrictions on High-Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices
This act introduces new rules for ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds. Citizens will generally be prohibited from importing, selling, manufacturing, transferring, or possessing them, unless they were lawfully possessed before the act's effective date. The aim is to enhance public safety by limiting access to these devices.
Key points
Prohibits importing, selling, manufacturing, transferring, or possessing ammunition magazines with a capacity of more than 10 rounds.
Individuals who lawfully possessed such devices before the act's enactment date are exempt from the possession ban.
Exceptions apply to law enforcement, certain nuclear energy licensees, and Attorney General-authorized testing.
New high-capacity ammunition feeding devices manufactured after the act's enactment must have a serial number and manufacturing date.
The act allows for buy-back programs for high-capacity ammunition feeding devices, funded by Byrne grants.
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