AB1043: Bill Text

AB1043,4 Section 4 . 941.285 of the statutes is created to read:

AB1043,3,12 941.285 Possession of semiautomatic assault weapons. (1) In this section:

AB1043,3,13 (a) “Assault weapon" means any of the following:

AB1043,3,15 1. A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and that has any of the following:

AB1043,3,16 a. A pistol grip that protrudes beneath the action of the weapon.

AB1043,3,17 b. A folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock.

AB1043,3,18 c. A 2nd handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand.

AB1043,3,19 d. A bayonet mount.

AB1043,3,21 e. A flash suppressor, muzzle brake, or muzzle compensator or a threaded barrel capable of accepting a flash suppressor, muzzle brake, or muzzle compensator.

AB1043,3,22 f. A grenade launcher.

AB1043,3,23 2. A semiautomatic shotgun that has any of the following:

AB1043,3,24 a. A folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock.

AB1043,3,25 b. A 2nd handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand.

AB1043,4,1 c. A fixed magazine capacity in excess of 7 rounds.

AB1043,4,2 d. The capacity to accept a detachable magazine.

AB1043,4,4 3. A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and that has any of the following:

AB1043,4,5 a. A folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock.

AB1043,4,6 b. A 2nd handgrip or protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand.

AB1043,4,8 c. The capacity to accept an ammunition magazine that attaches to the pistol outside of the pistol grip.

AB1043,4,10 d. A threaded barrel capable of accepting a barrel extender, flash suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer.

AB1043,4,13 e. A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, the barrel, and that permits the user to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned.

AB1043,4,14 f. A manufactured weight of at least 50 ounces when the pistol is unloaded.

AB1043,4,17 (b) “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.

AB1043,4,18 (c) “Firearms dealer" has the meaning given in s. 175.35 (1) (ar).

AB1043,4,20 (d) “Muzzle brake" means a device that is attached to the muzzle of a weapon and that uses escaping gas to reduce recoil.

AB1043,4,22 (e) “Muzzle compensator" means a device that is attached to the muzzle of a weapon and that uses escaping gas to control muzzle movement.

AB1043,4,23 (f) “Rifle" has the meaning given in s. 941.28 (1) (a).

AB1043,5,2 (g) “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.

AB1043,5,3 (h) “Shotgun" has the meaning given in s. 941.28 (1) (d).

AB1043,5,6 (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.

AB1043,5,7 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to any of the following:

AB1043,5,9 (a) The transportation, purchase, possession, sale, or transfer of possession of an assault weapon modified to render it permanently inoperative.

AB1043,5,10 (b) Any law enforcement officer while on official duty.

AB1043,5,11 (c) Any armed forces or military personnel while on official duty.

AB1043,5,14 (d) The possession of an assault weapon by any licensed importer or manufacturer under 26 USC 5801 to 5872 authorized to import or manufacture that assault weapon.

AB1043,5,16 (e) The possession of an assault weapon under any of the following conditions by a firearms dealer authorized to sell assault weapons:

AB1043,5,18 1. Transporting an assault weapon to another firearms dealer authorized to sell assault weapons.

AB1043,5,20 2. Transporting an assault weapon to and displaying the assault weapon at a gun show.

AB1043,5 Section 5. 946.82 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1043,6,11 946.82 (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, 944.34, 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.

AB1043,6 Section 6. 969.08 (10) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB1043,6,22 969.08 (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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