House
File
104
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
104
BY
WINDSCHITL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
manufacture
and
sale
of
a
mechanical
1
device
designed
to
suppress
the
sound
of
a
firearm
when
2
fired.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
724.2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
Any
person,
firm,
or
corporation
who
3
under
the
laws
of
this
state
and
the
United
States
is
lawfully
4
engaged
in
the
manufacture
or
sale
of
a
mechanical
device
5
specifically
constructed
and
designed
so
that
when
attached
to
6
a
firearm
it
silences,
muffles,
or
suppresses
the
sound
when
7
fired.
8
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
724.28A
Manufacture
and
sale
of
9
firearm
suppressors.
10
A
mechanical
device
specifically
constructed
and
designed
11
so
that
when
attached
to
a
firearm
it
silences,
muffles,
or
12
suppresses
the
sound
when
fired,
which
is
manufactured
and
13
sold
in
Iowa
and
which
remains
within
the
borders
of
Iowa,
is
14
not
subject
to
federal
law
or
federal
regulation,
including
15
registration,
under
the
authority
of
the
Congress
of
the
United
16
States
to
regulate
interstate
commerce.
17
EXPLANATION
18
This
bill
provides
that
a
mechanical
device
specifically
19
constructed
and
designed
so
that
when
attached
to
a
firearm
it
20
silences,
muffles,
or
suppresses
the
sound
when
fired,
which
21
is
manufactured
and
sold
in
Iowa
and
which
remains
within
the
22
borders
of
Iowa,
is
not
subject
to
federal
law
or
federal
23
regulation,
including
registration,
under
the
authority
of
the
24
United
States
Congress
to
regulate
interstate
commerce.
25
Current
Iowa
law
provides
that
a
mechanical
device
26
specifically
constructed
and
designed
so
that
when
attached
to
27
a
firearm
it
silences,
muffles,
or
suppresses
the
sound
when
28
fired
is
an
offensive
weapon.
Under
Code
section
724.3,
any
29
person
who
knowingly
possesses
an
offensive
weapon
commits
a
30
class
“D”
felony,
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
31
five
years
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$750
but
not
more
than
$7,500.
32
The
bill
amends
Code
section
724.2
to
authorize
any
person,
33
firm,
or
corporation
who
under
the
laws
of
this
state
and
the
34
United
States
is
lawfully
engaged
in
the
manufacture
or
sale
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of
a
mechanical
device
specifically
constructed
and
designed
1
so
that
when
attached
to
a
firearm
it
silences,
muffles,
or
2
suppresses
the
sound
when
fired
to
lawfully
possess
such
an
3
offensive
weapon.
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