A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code (respecting firearms) to penalize the use of firearms in the commission of any felony and to increase the penalties in certain related existing provisions, to lower certain age limits from 21 years to 18, and to eliminate certain recordkeeping provisions with respect to ammunition.

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Provides that whoever: (1) uses any firearm to commit a felony with respect to which the district courts of the United States have original and exclusive jurisdiction, or carries a firearm during the commission of any such felony, or (2) uses any firearm transported in interstate or foreign commerce or affecting such commerce to commit, or carries such a firearm unlawfully during the commission of any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, and is convicted of such crime in a court of any State, shall, in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such felony or crime, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than five years, nor more than ten years. States that in the case of his second or subsequent conviction, such person shall be sentenced to imprisonment for any term of years not less than ten, or to life imprisonment. Provides that the court shall not suspend the sentence in the case of any person convicted under this Act, or give him a probationary sentence, nor shall the term of imprisonment imposed under this Act run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the commission of such felony or crime. Reduces from twenty-one to eighteen the age limit for various provisions concerning firearms under chapter 44 of title 18 of the U.S. Code. Eliminates the requirement, with regard to the sale or delivery of ammunition, of obtaining the individual's name, age, and place of residence.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 January 1973

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