| 
 | PRINTER'S NO. 560 | 
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
| No. | 517 | Session of 2013 | 
INTRODUCED BY WATERS, DEAN, SANTARSIERO, MCCARTER, K. BOYLE, O'BRIEN, HAGGERTY, CLAY, BISHOP, BROWNLEE, STURLA, SCHLOSSBERG, MCGEEHAN, MUNDY, THOMAS, KINSEY, YOUNGBLOOD, KIRKLAND AND COHEN, FEBRUARY 5, 2013
REFERRED TO COMMITEE ON JUDICIARY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013
AN ACT
1Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
 2Consolidated Statutes, in firearms and other dangerous
 3articles, prohibiting certain assault weapons.
4The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 5hereby enacts as follows:
6Section 1.   Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
 7Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
8§ 6121.1.   Certain assault weapons prohibited.
9(a)   Offense defined.--Except as set forth in subsection (b),
 10a person may not do any of the following:
11(1)   Possess, use, control, sell, transfer or manufacture
 12an assault weapon or obtain a license to possess, use,
 13control, sell, transfer or manufacture an assault weapon.
14(2)   Obtain a license to do, in this Commonwealth, any of
 15the acts under paragraph (1).
16(b)   Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a member
 17of the armed forces of the United States or a reserve component
 	
						
						1of the armed forces of the United States, the National Guard or
 2a law enforcement officer while performing official duties or
 3traveling to or from an authorized place of duty if possession
 4of the assault weapon is authorized under applicable statute,
 5regulation or military or law enforcement policy.
6(c)   Definition.--As used in this section, the term "assault 
7weapon" means:
8(1)   Any selective-fire firearm capable of fully
 9automatic, semiautomatic or burst fire at the option of the
 10user or any of the other following specified semiautomatic
 11firearms:
| 12Algimec Agmi | Goncz High-Tech Carbine and | 
| 14Armalite AR-180 | Heckler & Koch HK-91, HK-93, HK- | 
| 16Australian Automatic  17Arms SAP Pistol | Holmes MP-83 | 
| MAC-10, MAC-11 and MAC-11 | |
| 20Avtomat Kalashnikov  21AK-47 type | Intratec TEC-9 and Scorpion | 
| 22Barrett Light-Fifty  23model 82A1 | Iver Johnson Enforcer model 3000 | 
| 24Beretta AR-70 | Ruger Mini-14/5F folding stock | 
| 26Bushmaster Auto Rifle  27and Auto Pistol | Scarab Skorpion | 
| 28Calico models M-900,  29M-950 and 100-P | SIG 57 AMT and 500 series | 
| 30Chartered Industries of 
												1Singapore SR-88 | Spectre Auto Carbine and Auto 
												Pistol | 
| 2Colt AR-15 and Sporter | Springfield Armory BM59, SAR-48 | 
| Sterline MK-6 and MK-7 | |
| 6Ecom MK-IV, MP-9 and  7MP-45 | Steyr AUG | 
| Street Sweeper and Striker 12 | |
| 10FAMAS MAS 223 | USAS-12 | 
| 11Feather AT-9 and Mini-AT | UZI Carbine, Mini-Carbine and | 
| 13Federal XC-900 and  14XC-450 | Weaver Arms Nighthawk | 
| 15Franchi SPAS-12 and  16Law-12 | Wilkinson "Linda" Pistol | 
| 17Galil AR and ARM | 
 | 
18(2)   A part or combination of parts designed or intended
 19to convert a firearm into an assault weapon, as defined in
 20paragraph (1) or any combination of parts from which an
 21assault weapon, as defined in paragraph (1), may be rapidly
 22assembled if those parts are in possession or under the
 23control of the same person.
24(3)   Any semiautomatic firearm not listed in paragraph
 25(1) that meets the following criteria:
26(i)   a semiautomatic rifle that has an ability to
 27accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the
 28following:
29(A)   a folding or telescoping stock;
30(B)   a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously
 	
						
						1beneath the action of the weapon;
2(C)   a bayonet mount;
3(D)   a flash suppressor or threaded barrel
 4designed to accommodate a flash suppressor; and
5(E)   a grenade launcher;
6(ii)   a semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to
 7accept a detachable magazine and has at least two of the
 8following:
9(A)   an ammunition magazine that attaches to the
 10pistol outside of the pistol grip;
11(B)   a threaded barrel capable of accepting a
 12barrel extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip
 13or silencer;
14(C)   a shroud that is attached to, or partially
 15or completely encircles, the barrel and that permits
 16the shooter to hold the firearm with the nontrigger
 17hand without being burned;
18(D)   a manufactured weight of 50 ounces or more
 19when the pistol is unloaded; and
20(E)   a semiautomatic version of an automatic
 21firearm; or
22(iii)   a semiautomatic shotgun that has at least two
 23of the following:
24(A)   a folding or telescoping stock;
25(B)   a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously
 26beneath the action of the weapon;
27(C)   a fixed magazine capacity in excess of five
 28rounds; and
29(D)   an ability to accept a detachable magazine.
30(4)   A part or combination of parts designed or intended
 	
						
						1to convert a firearm into an assault weapon, as defined in
 2paragraph (3), or any combination of parts from which an
 3assault weapon, as defined in paragraph (3), may be rapidly
 4assembled if those parts are in the possession or under
 5control of the same person.
6The term "assault weapon" does not include any firearm modified
 7to render it permanently inoperable.
8Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.