Bill > S1298

This bill proposes several key provisions: 1. It establishes the Firearms Violence Prevention Trust Fund, which will be used to provide grants to municipalities for violence prevention programs, with a focus on supporting school resource officers, addressing youth exposure to violence, and training police to handle incidents involving mental illness. The fund will be financed through a 4.75% surcharge on the sale and storage of ammunition, rifles, shotguns, and firearms. 2. It bans the sale, purchase, rental, lease, or possession of .50 BMG rifles and cartridges, with certain exceptions for law enforcement and military personnel. 3. It modifies the process for private sales or transfers of firearms, requiring them to take place at the location of a licensed dealer who will electronically submit the required information. 4. It imposes penalties for possession of non-large capacity rifles or shotguns with expired firearm identification cards, and for possession of firearms, rifles, or shotguns with expired licenses. 5. It requires the Attorney General to annually review the commercial availability of personalized firearm technology and report on its findings, with the goal of eventually requiring all newly manufactured firearms and large capacity weapons to be equipped with such technology.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1298