A bill to provide additional penalties for the use of firearms or destructive devices in the commission of certain crimes of violence.

Summary

Amends the Federal criminal code to impose an additional, mandatory, minimum one-year term of imprisonment for whoever is armed with a firearm or destructive device while engaged in the commission of a crime of violence. Defines "crime of violence" to include: murder; voluntary manslaughter; Presidential assassination, kidnapping, and assault; rape; kidnapping; assault with intent to kill, rob, rape, or poison; assault with a dangerous weapon; robbery; burglary; theft or looting; racketeering; extortion; and arson. Prohibits the court from suspending the first year of any such sentence or granting probation.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 5 January 1981

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