AB222: Bill Text

AB222,3,15 (a) "Assault weapon" means any of the following:

AB222,3,17 1. A semiautomatic, center-fire, or pump-action rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has any of the following:

AB222,3,18 a. A pistol grip.

AB222,3,19 b. A folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock.

AB222,3,20 c. A 2nd handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand.

AB222,3,22 d. A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel.

AB222,3,23 e. A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator.

AB222,3,24 f. A grenade launcher or a flare launcher.

AB222,3,25 g. A flash suppressor.

AB222,4,1 h. A forward pistol grip.

AB222,4,3 2. A semiautomatic pistol, or any semiautomatic, centerfire rifle with a fixed magazine, that has the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition.

AB222,4,5 3. A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has an overall length of less than 30 inches.

AB222,4,7 4. A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has any of the following:

AB222,4,9 a. A threaded barrel capable of accepting a flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer.

AB222,4,10 b. A folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock.

AB222,4,11 c. A 2nd handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand.

AB222,4,13 d. A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel.

AB222,4,14 e. A muzzle brake or muzzle compensator.

AB222,4,15 5. A semiautomatic shotgun that has any of the following:

AB222,4,17 a. A pistol grip, thumbhole stock, or vertical handgrip and a folding or telescoping stock.

AB222,4,18 b. A fixed magazine capacity in excess of 5 rounds.

AB222,4,19 c. An ability to accept a detachable magazine.

AB222,4,20 6. A shotgun with a revolving cylinder.

AB222,4,22 7. A conversion kit or parts from which an assault weapon can be assembled if all of the kit or parts are in the control of the same person.

AB222,5,2 (am) "Detachable magazine" means any ammunition feeding device, the function of which is to deliver one or more ammunition cartridges into the firing chamber, that can be removed from the firearm without any tool, bullet, or ammunition cartridge.

AB222,5,3 (b) "Firearms dealer" has the meaning given in s. 175.35 (1) (ar).

AB222,5,5 (c) 1. "Large-capacity magazine" means any ammunition feeding device that has the capacity to accept more than 7 rounds.

AB222,5,6 2. "Large-capacity magazine" does not include any of the following:

AB222,5,7 a. A 22-caliber tube ammunition feeding device.

AB222,5,8 b. A tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action firearm.

AB222,5,10 (cg) "Muzzle brake" means a device that is attached to the muzzle of a weapon and that uses escaping gas to reduce recoil.

AB222,5,12 (cr) "Muzzle compensator" means a device that is attached to the muzzle of a weapon and that uses escaping gas to control muzzle movement.

AB222,5,13 (d) "Rifle" has the meaning given in s. 941.28 (1) (a).

AB222,5,17 (e) "Semiautomatic" means that the firearm is a repeating firearm that requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge and that uses a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and to place another unfired cartridge into the chamber.

AB222,5,18 (f) "Shotgun" has the meaning given in s. 941.28 (1) (d).

AB222,5,21 (2) Whoever manufactures, transports, purchases, possesses, goes armed with, or sells or otherwise transfers possession of an assault weapon is guilty of a Class H felony.

AB222,5,24 (2m) Whoever manufactures, transports, purchases, possesses, or sells or otherwise transfers possession of a large-capacity magazine is guilty of a Class H felony.

AB222,5,25 (3) Subsections (2) and (2m) do not apply to any of the following:

AB222,6,3 (a) The transportation, purchase, possession, sale, or transfer of possession of an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine modified to render it permanently inoperative.

AB222,6,4 (b) Any law enforcement officer while on official duty.

AB222,6,5 (c) Any armed forces or military personnel while on official duty.

AB222,6,8 (d) The possession of an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine by any licensed importer or manufacturer under 26 USC 5801 to 5872 authorized to import or manufacture that assault weapon or large-capacity magazine.

AB222,6,11 (e) The possession of an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine under any of the following conditions by a firearms dealer authorized to sell assault weapons or large-capacity magazines:

AB222,6,13 1. Transporting an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine to another firearms dealer authorized to sell assault weapons or large-capacity magazines.

AB222,6,15 2. Transporting an assault weapon or large-capacity magazine to and displaying the assault weapon or large-capacity magazine at a gun show.

AB222,5 Section 5. 946.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB222,7,6 946.82 (4) "Racketeering activity" means any activity specified in 18 USC 1961 (1) in effect as of April 27, 1982, or the attempt, conspiracy to commit, or commission of any of the felonies specified in: chs. 945 and 961, subch. V of ch. 551, and ss. 49.49, 134.05, 139.44 (1), 180.0129, 181.0129, 185.825, 201.09 (2), 215.12, 221.0625, 221.0636, 221.0637, 221.1004, 553.41 (3) and (4), 553.52 (2), 940.01, 940.19 (4) to (6), 940.20, 940.201, 940.203, 940.21, 940.30, 940.302 (2), 940.305, 940.31, 941.20 (2) and (3), 941.26, 941.28, 941.285, 941.298, 941.31, 941.32, 942.09, 943.01 (2), (2d), or (2g), 943.011, 943.012, 943.013, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.05, 943.06, 943.10, 943.20 (3) (bf) to (e), 943.201, 943.203, 943.23 (1g), (2) and (3), 943.24 (2), 943.27, 943.28, 943.30, 943.32, 943.34 (1) (bf), (bm), and (c), 943.38, 943.39, 943.40, 943.41 (8) (b) and (c), 943.50 (4) (bf), (bm), and (c) and (4m), 943.60, 943.70, 943.76, 943.81, 943.82, 943.83, 943.84, 943.85, 943.86, 943.87, 943.88, 943.89, 943.90, 944.21 (5) (c) and (e), 944.32, 944.33 (2), 944.34, 945.03 (1m), 945.04 (1m), 945.05 (1), 945.08, 946.10, 946.11, 946.12, 946.13, 946.31, 946.32 (1), 946.48, 946.49, 946.61, 946.64, 946.65, 946.72, 946.76, 946.79, 947.015, 948.05, 948.051, 948.08, 948.12, and 948.30.

AB222,6 Section 6. 969.08 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB222,7,17 969.08 (10) (b) "Serious crime" means any crime specified in s. 943.23 (1m), 1999 stats., or s. 943.23 (1r), 1999 stats., or s. 346.62 (4), 940.01, 940.02, 940.03, 940.05, 940.06, 940.08, 940.09, 940.10, 940.19 (5), 940.195 (5), 940.20, 940.201, 940.203, 940.21, 940.225 (1) to (3), 940.23, 940.24, 940.25, 940.29, 940.295 (3) (b) 1g., 1m., 1r., 2. or 3., 940.302 (2), 940.31, 941.20 (2) or (3), 941.26, 941.285, 941.30, 941.327, 943.01 (2) (c), 943.011, 943.013, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.06, 943.10, 943.23 (1g), 943.30, 943.32, 943.81, 943.82, 943.83, 943.85, 943.86, 943.87, 943.88, 943.89, 943.90, 946.01, 946.02, 946.43, 947.015, 948.02 (1) or (2), 948.025, 948.03, 948.04, 948.05, 948.051, 948.06, 948.07, 948.085, or 948.30 or, if the victim is a financial institution, as defined in s. 943.80 (2), a crime under s. 943.84 (1) or (2).

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