HB 5751

HOUSE BILL NO. 5751
A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled
"The Michigan penal code,"
by amending section 224 (MCL 750.224), as amended by
2006 PA 401.
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) A bump stock.
(g) A multiburst trigger activator.
(2) A person who that 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 or foam 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 Secretary of the treasury
Treasury of the United States or the secretary's Secretary's delegate
to manufacture, sell, or possess a machine gun, or a device, weapon, cartridge,
container, or contrivance described in subsection (1).
(4) As used in this
chapter: ,
"muffler"
(a) "Bump stock" means a device that allows a semiautomatic
firearm to shoot more than 1 shot with a single pull of the trigger by
harnessing the recoil energy of the semiautomatic firearm to which the device
is affixed so that the trigger resets and continues firing without additional
physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter.
(b) "Muffler" or "silencer" means 1 or more of the following:
(i) (a) A device for muffling, silencing, or
deadening the report of a firearm.
(ii) (b) A combination of parts, designed or
redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or
silencer.
(iii) (c) A part, designed or redesigned, and
intended only for use in assembling or fabricating a muffler or silencer.
(c) "Multiburst trigger activator" means any of the following:
(i) A device
designed or redesigned to be attached to, built into, or used in conjunction
with a semiautomatic firearm that allows the firearm to discharge 2 or more
shots in a burst by activating the device.
(ii) A manual or
power-driven trigger activating device constructed and designed so that when
attached to, built into, or used in conjunction with a semiautomatic firearm,
it increases the rate of fire of that firearm.
(iii) A device
designed or redesigned to be attached to, built into, or used in conjunction
with a semiautomatic firearm that enhances the firing rate of a firearm to
mimic rapid or automatic fire.
(d) Multiburst trigger activator includes, but is not limited to, any of
the following devices:
(i) A device placed
within the trigger guard of a firearm that uses a spring to push back against
the recoil of the firearm causing the finger in the trigger guard to move back
and forth and rapidly activate the trigger.
(ii) A mechanical
device that activates the trigger of the firearm in rapid succession by turning
a crank.
(iii) Any aftermarket
trigger or trigger system that, if installed, allows more than 1 round to be
fired with a single depression of the trigger.