To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials.

Bill: 113-hr-965
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4]
Introduced: 2013-03-05
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Firearms and explosives
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act to prohibit the possession or transfer of a junk gun which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. Exempts the continuous and otherwise lawful possession of such a gun that began before the effective date of this Act.</p> <p>Defines "junk gun" to mean: (1) a handgun that is not a sporting handgun (i.e., a type of handgun generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes); and (2) any combination of parts from which such a handgun can be assembled.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 965 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2013 Mr. Gutierrez introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To prohibit the possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as Saturday Night Specials.

1. Prohibition against possession or transfer of junk guns, also known as saturday night specials (a) In general Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (aa) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess or transfer a junk gun which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce. (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the continuous and otherwise lawful possession of a junk gun by a person during any period that began before the effective date of this subsection. . (b) Junk gun defined Section 921(a) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following: (36) (A) The term junk gun means— (i) a handgun that is not a sporting handgun; and (ii) any combination of parts from which a handgun described in clause (i) can be assembled. (B) The term sporting handgun means a handgun which the Secretary has determined, using the criteria applied in making determinations under section 925(d)(3), to be of a type generally recognized as particularly suitable for or readily adaptable to sporting purposes. . (c) Penalty Section 924(a)(1)(B) of such title is amended by inserting or (aa) before of .