Minnesota Democrats Introduce Gun Ban!

Minnesota Democrats introduce bill to ban the sale or transfer of “semiautomatic
military-style assault weapons”. The following types of firearms are currently on list to be banned. As well as any gun that meets the following criteria.

Gun List

Avtomat Kalashnikov (AK-47) semiautomatic rifle

Beretta AR-70 and BM-59 semiautomatic rifle

Colt AR-15 semiautomatic rifle

Daewoo Max-1 and Max-2 semiautomatic rifle

Famas MAS semiautomatic rifle

Fabrique Nationale FN-LAR and FN-FNC semiautomatic rifle

Galil semiautomatic rifle

Heckler & Koch HK-91, HK-93, and HK-94 semiautomatic rifle

Ingram MAC-10 and MAC-11 semiautomatic pistol and carbine

Intratec TEC-9 semiautomatic pistol

Sigarms SIG 550SP and SIG 551SP semiautomatic rifle

SKS with detachable magazine semiautomatic rifle

Steyr AUG semiautomatic rifle

Street Sweeper and Striker-12 revolving-cylinder shotgun

USAS-12 semiautomatic shotgun

Uzi semiautomatic pistol and carbine

Valmet M76 and M78 semiautomatic rifle

Other features resulting in a gun being banned.

(1) semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has
one or more of the following:

(i) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;

(ii) any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the
nontrigger hand;

(iii) a folding or telescoping stock; or

(iv) a shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel,
allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but
excluding a slide that encloses the barrel;

(2) semiautomatic pistol, or any semiautomatic, centerfire, or rimfire rifle with a fixed
magazine that has the capacity to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition;

(3) semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to accept a detachable magazine and has
one or more of the following:

(i) any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the
nontrigger hand;

(ii) a folding, telescoping, or thumbhole stock;

(iii) a shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel,
allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but
excluding a slide that encloses the barrel; or

(iv) the capacity to accept a detachable magazine at any location outside of the pistol
grip;

(4) semiautomatic shotgun that has one or more of the following:

(i) a pistol grip or thumbhole stock;

(ii) any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the
nontrigger hand;

(iii) a folding or telescoping stock;

(iv) a fixed magazine capacity in excess of ten rounds; or

(v) an ability to accept a detachable magazine;

(5) shotgun with a revolving cylinder; or

(6) conversion kit, part, or combination of parts from which an assault weapon can be
assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person.

Semiautomatic military-style assault weapon does not mean any firearm described in this
paragraph that has been made permanently inoperable.

The bill would also involve a buyback program. The penalty for violating the law would be a felony and punishable by imprisonment up to 5 years and/or a fine up to $25,000.

You can read the bill in full here.