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609.66.1a

Statute ID: 15642

Statute Function ID: 33454

Dangerous Weapons-Felony Crimes; Suppressors/Reckless Discharge

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Statute Number:

609.66.1a

Enactment Date:

May 23, 2015

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2015

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Dangerous Weapons-Felony Crimes; Suppressors/Reckless Discharge

Statute ID:

15642

Created:

Jun 17, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 17, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended C 65 art 3 s 19; References to silencers changed; Defintion added; effective 07/01/2015

Summary Text:

Dangerous Weapons-Felony Crimes; Suppressors/Reckless Discharge

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/609/66.html

Legislative Session:

2015 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 17, 2015

(a) Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced as provided in paragraph (b):

(1) sells or has in possession a suppressor that is not lawfully possessed under federal law;

(2) intentionally discharges a firearm under circumstances that endanger the safety of another; or

(3) recklessly discharges a firearm within a municipality.

(b) A person convicted under paragraph (a) may be sentenced as follows:

(1) if the act was a violation of paragraph (a), clause (2), or if the act was a violation of paragraph (a), clause (1) or (3), and was committed in a public housing zone, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 19, a school zone, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 14a, or a park zone, as defined in section 152.01, subdivision 12a, to imprisonment for not more than five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; or

(2) otherwise, to imprisonment for not more than two years or to payment of a fine of not more than $5,000, or both.

(c) As used in this subdivision, "suppressor" means any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.