Bill > HB208

This bill prohibits the selling or purchasing of semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms by anyone under twenty years of age. Specifically, it amends an existing Missouri law to make it unlawful for anyone under 20 to knowingly buy, trade, or lease such firearms in a commercial transaction, with exceptions for military and law enforcement personnel. It also expands the existing prohibition on recklessly selling or delivering firearms to minors to include semi-automatic and fully automatic firearms. The bill defines a "semi-automatic firearm" as a repeating firearm that automatically loads ammunition but requires manual discharge of each shot. Violations of these new provisions would be punishable as either a class E felony or a class A misdemeanor, depending on the specific offense.