A bill to amend section 924 of title 18 to increase the penalties for certain offenses relating to firearms, and to provide mandatory minimum penalties in certain circumstances.

Summary

Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony. Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense to two to 25 years for a first offense (currently, one to ten years). Extends to first offenders the stipulations, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence, grant probation, or impose concurrent sentences.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 4 March 1981

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