HR 12062 · 94th Congress · Firearms
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to increase the penalty for committing certain crimes with a firearm or while unlawfully carrying a firearm.
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Introduced2
Committee3
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.(1976-02-24)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the Gun Control Act of 1968 to require that whoever uses or carries a firearm during the commission of a felony subject to prosecution in a Federal court be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than two years in addition to the punishment provided for the commission of such felony. Requires that in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, the felon be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than five years. (Amends 18 U.S.C. 924(c))…
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