A bill to increase the penalty with respect to certain offenses involving the commission of a felony while armed with a firearm.

Summary

Amends the provision of the Gun Control Act of 1968 imposing additional sentences on persons committing Federal felonies while carrying, or with the use of, a firearm to (1) increase sentences thereunder, (2) prohibit suspended, probationary or concurrent sentences with respect to a first conviction, and (3) provide for a mandatory death penalty if the felony results in the death of anyone other than the perpetrators of such felony. Increases penalties for anyone transporting firearms or ammunition with intent to commit, or with the knowledge that others will commit, an offense punishable by imprisonment of one year or more.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 13 January 1977

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