A bill to amend chapter 44 (relating to firearms) of title 18 of the United States Code to exclude pen guns from the definition of firearms used for the purposes of that chapter.

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Introduced

31 March 1976

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Redefines, for purposes of Federal criminal law, the term "firearm" to exclude any device which is intended only to fire a defensive gas, or a pyrotechnic signal, or both, and which does not have a separated chambered barrel capable of firing a fixed round of ammunition. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(3))

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summary · EN · 31 March 1976
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/94th-congress/house-bill/12923
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