Bill Text: MS HB10 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Firearms; prohibit altering serial number.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2012-03-06 - Died In Committee [HB10 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2012-HB10-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2012 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Flaggs
House Bill 10
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT ALTERING THE SERIAL NUMBER OF A FIREARM; TO PROHIBIT THE POSSESSION OF SUCH FIREARMS; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. (1) A person shall not knowingly buy, sell, transport, pawn, receive, or possess any stolen firearm or a firearm from which the manufacturer's serial number has been altered, obliterated or removed.
(2) A person shall not knowingly alter, obliterate or remove the manufacturer's serial number of a firearm.
(3) A person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or imprisoned not more than one (1) year, or both.
(4) For the purposes of this section, "Firearm" means any loaded or unloaded handgun, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun or other weapon that will expel, is designed to expel or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive. Firearm does not include a firearm in a permanently inoperable condition.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2012.
