SB312 Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, penalty.

↓Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Expands the list of banned assault firearms and the geographic scope of the carry prohibition from specific localities to the entire state, so less ability to carry those firearms in public.

It is unlawful for any person to carry any of the following on or about his person on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public:

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↓Restricts gun access model confidence 85%

Broadens the definition of prohibited assault firearms by adding new characteristics (e.g., threaded barrels, arm braces, revolving cylinders) and lowering magazine-capacity thresholds, so fewer such firearms may be carried in public.

A semi-automatic center-fire rifle that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine and has one of the following characteristics: (i) a folding, telescoping, or collapsible stock; (ii) a thumbhole stock or a pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the rifle; (iii) a second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be held by the non-trigger hand; (iv) a grenade launcher; or (v) a threaded barrel capable of accepting (a) a sound suppressor, (b) a flash suppressor, (c) a muzzle

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