February 1, 2005, Introduced by Reps. Virgil Smith and Murphy and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending sections 224 and 227 (MCL 750.224 and 750.227), section
224 as amended by 1991 PA 33 and section 227 as amended by 1986 PA
8.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 224. (1) A person shall not manufacture, sell, offer for
sale, or possess any of the following:
(a) A machine gun or firearm that shoots or is designed to
shoot automatically more than 1 shot without manual reloading, by a
single function of the trigger.
(b) A muffler or silencer.
(c) A bomb or bombshell.
(d) A blackjack, slungshot, billy, metallic knuckles, sand
club, sand bag, or bludgeon.
(e) A device, weapon, cartridge, container, or contrivance
designed to render a person temporarily or permanently disabled by
the ejection, release, or emission of a gas or other substance.
(f) Any sharp-edged, multibladed device, capable of being
carried on the person, with blades that are, or can be, locked into
place for use as a weapon.
(2)
A person who violates subsection (1) is guilty of a felony
,
punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 5 years , or a
fine of not more than $2,500.00, or both.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:
(a) A self-defense spray device as defined in section 224d.
(b) A person manufacturing firearms, explosives, or munitions
of war by virtue of a contract with a department of the government
of the United States.
(c) A person licensed by the secretary of the treasury of the
United States or the secretary's delegate to manufacture, sell, or
possess
a machine gun , or a device, weapon, cartridge,
container, or contrivance described in subsection (1).
(d) A person possessing a weapon described in subsection (1)
pursuant to his or her duties with the armed forces of the United
States.
(e) A person manufacturing, selling, offering to sell, or
possessing a device described in subsection (1)(f) in the course of
a lawful trade, profession, or occupation.
(4) As used in this chapter, "muffler" or "silencer" means 1
or more of the following:
(a) A device for muffling, silencing, or deadening the report
of a firearm.
(b) A combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and
intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or
silencer.
(c) A part, designed or redesigned, and intended only for use
in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
Sec. 227. (1) A person shall not carry a dagger, a dirk, a
stiletto, a double-edged nonfolding stabbing instrument of any
length, a sharp-edged multibladed device with blades capable of
being locked into place for use as a weapon, or any other dangerous
weapon,
except a hunting knife adapted and carried as such a
hunting
knife, concealed on or about his or her
person , or,
whether concealed or otherwise, in any vehicle operated or occupied
by
the person, except in his or her dwelling house , or
place of
business or on other land possessed by the person.
(2) A person shall not carry a pistol concealed on or about
his
or her person , or, whether concealed or otherwise, in a
vehicle operated or occupied by the person, except in his or her
dwelling
house , or place of business , or on other land
possessed by the person, without a license to carry the pistol as
provided by law and, if licensed, shall not carry the pistol in a
place
or manner inconsistent with any restrictions upon such the
license.
(3)
A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony
,
punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 5 years , or by a
fine of not more than $2,500.00.