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

9 March 1977

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Status

Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Excludes from the criminal proscriptions and licensing requirements of the Gun Control Act of 1968 any device which (1) is intended only to file a defensive gas, a pyrotechnic signal, or both, and (2) does not have a separated chambered barrel capable of firing a fixed round of ammunition.

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summary · EN · 9 March 1977
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/4780
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