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Relating to the intentional and unintentional discharge of a firearm in a reckless manner, and providing penalties
Topics:Crime & correctionsFirearmsPublic safety & emergencies
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 13, 2019
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
30 provides criminal penalties for a person convicted of intentionally discharging a firearm in a reckless manner, ranging from a simple misdemeanor to a class “C” felony. This bill creates the new criminal offense of the unintentional discharge of a firearm in a reckless manner, and provides criminal penalties ranging from a simple misdemeanor to a class “D” felony. An unintentional discharge of a firearm in a reckless manner is a class “D” felony if a serious injury occurs; an aggravated misdemeanor if a bodily injury which is not a serious injury occurs; a serious misdemeanor if property damage occurs without a serious injury or bodily injury occurring; and a simple misdemeanor if no injury to a person or damage to property occurs.
Read the full explanation
A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $750 but not more than $7,500. An aggravated misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $625 but not more than $6,250. A serious misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine of at least $315 but not more than $1,875. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than days or a fine of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both. The bill provides additional penalties for a first, second, and third or subsequent offense for both the intentional and unintentional discharge of a firearm in a reckless manner.9(1), demonstrating the person’s knowledge of firearm safety, completed subsequent to the person’s violation of either offense. For a second offense, the person is responsible for a victim’s pecuniary damages, if any; the person must relinquish all of the person’s firearms, offensive weapons, and ammunition for a period of five years; and the person’s permit to carry weapons is revoked. For a third or subsequent offense, the person is responsible for a victim’s pecuniary damages, if any, and the person must permanently relinquish all of the person’s firearms, offensive weapons, and ammunition.27 (restoration of offenders’ rights).