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HOUSE BILL NO. 2274 Offered January 23, 1995 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.5:1, relating to a prohibition against mechanical devices designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; penalty. ----------
Patrons--Cunningham, Almand, Behm, Connally, Crittenden, Darner, Grayson, Jones, D.C., Jones, J.C., Plum, Robinson, Scott, Spruill and Van Landingham; Senators: Colgan, Howell, Lambert, Marsh, Maxwell and Miller, Y.B.
---------- Referred to Committee on Militia and Police ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.5:1 as follows:

§ 18.2-308.5:1. Sale or possession of mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire of firearms; penalty.

A. It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, possess or transport in the Commonwealth, any mechanical device which is designed to increase the rate of fire of any semi-automatic firearm to any rate beyond the capability of an unaided person to operate the trigger mechanism of that firearm.

B. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.