Bill > A4890

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the crime of possessing or selling a machine gun conversion device, which the bill defines as any device, whether made of plastic, metal, or a combination of parts, that is designed or intended to modify a semiautomatic firearm to enable it to fire multiple shots with a single trigger pull. The bill also clarifies that a firearm affixed with a machine gun conversion device constitutes a machine gun. Under current law, it is a second-degree crime to possess a machine gun. A crime of the second degree is punishable by five to 10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $150,000, or both. The bill establishes a third-degree crime for possession of a machine gun conversion device, regardless of whether the person is in possession of a firearm, and provides that the penalty for possessing a machine gun conversion device is to run consecutively with the penalty for possessing an assault firearm or machine gun. In addition, the bill also establishes a third-degree crime of manufacturing, transporting, shipping, selling, or disposing of a machine gun conversion device. A crime of the third degree is punishable by three to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000, or both. This bill implements recommendation # 1 made in the report "Illegal Firearms Use and Trends in New Jersey," issued in September 2024 by the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation (SCI).

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Michele Matsikoudis (R)*,  Nancy Muñoz (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Budget Committee (on 10/21/2024)

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