Bill > S3893

This bill establishes criminal penalties for the sale and possession of machine gun conversion devices in New Jersey. Specifically, the bill adds a new definition to state law for a "machine gun conversion device," which is described as any plastic or metal device designed to modify a semiautomatic firearm to shoot more than one shot with a single trigger pull. The legislation makes it a third-degree crime to possess a machine gun conversion device, even without possessing a firearm, and creates another third-degree crime for manufacturing, transporting, selling, or disposing of such devices. A third-degree crime in New Jersey is punishable by three to five years in prison, a fine up to $15,000, or both. The bill also specifies that any sentence for possessing a machine gun conversion device will be served consecutively with any sentence for possessing an assault firearm or machine gun, meaning the penalties will be added together rather than served concurrently. The law is intended to prevent the modification of semiautomatic firearms into more dangerous, rapid-fire weapons and closes a potential legal loophole by explicitly criminalizing these conversion devices.

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https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S3893