Allowing states and localities to use federal Byrne JAG grant funds to conduct a voluntary buy-back program for grandfathered assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices. Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large-capacity ammunition feeding devices lawfully possessed on the date of enactment of the bill. This background check can be run through the FBI or, if a state chooses, initiated with a state agency, as with the existing background check system. Requiring a background check on all sales or transfers of a grandfathered assault weapon. The legislation addresses the millions of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines currently in existence by: Eliminating the 10-year sunset that allowed the original federal ban to expire. Adding a ban on the importation of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. Thumbhole stocks, a type of stock that was created as a workaround to avoid prohibitions on pistol grips. So-called “bullet buttons” that allow the rapid replacement of ammunition magazines, frequently used as a workaround to prohibitions on detachable magazines. Bump or slide fire stocks, which are modified stocks that enable semi-automatic weapons to fire at rates similar to fully automatic machine guns. Banning dangerous aftermarket modifications and workarounds. The bill also makes the ban harder to evade by eliminating the easy-to-remove bayonet mounts and flash suppressors from the characteristics test. Moving from a 2-characteristic test to a 1-characteristic test. The legislation strengthens the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban and state bans by:
The bill excludes 2,258 legitimate hunting and sporting rifles and shotguns by specific make and model. The legislation protects hunting and sporting firearms: Assault weapons used by military, law enforcement, and retired law enforcement and. Any firearm manually operated by a bolt, pump, lever or slide action. Any weapon that is lawfully possessed at the date of the bill’s enactment. The legislation excludes the following weapons from the bill: 157 specifically-named firearms (listed at the end of this page). All ammunition feeding devices (magazines, strips, and drums) capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. All semiautomatic shotguns that have a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock pistol grip fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds ability to accept a detachable magazine forward grip grenade launcher or rocket launcher or shotgun with a revolving cylinder. All semiautomatic rifles and handguns that have a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds. All semiautomatic pistols that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: threaded barrel second pistol grip barrel shroud capacity to accept a detachable magazine at some location outside of the pistol grip or semiautomatic version of an automatic firearm. All semiautomatic rifles that can accept a detachable magazine and have at least one military feature: pistol grip forward grip folding, telescoping, or detachable stock grenade launcher or rocket launcher barrel shroud or threaded barrel. The legislation bans the sale, transfer, manufacturing and importation of: These weapons allow a gunman to fire a large number of rounds quickly and without having to reload. Mass shootings in Newtown, Aurora, and Tucson have demonstrated all too clearly the need to regulate military-style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines.