HOUSE BILL No. 5031


     October 26, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Brewer, Kelly, LaForge and Quarles and referred
to the Committee on Constitutional Law and Ethics.


        A bill to amend 1931 PA 328, entitled

   "The Michigan penal code,"

   (MCL 750.1 to 750.568) by adding section 223a.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 223A.  (1) AN INDIVIDUAL ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS OF

 2    SELLING FIREARMS IN THIS STATE SHALL INCLUDE A TRIGGER LOCK WITH

 3    THE SALE OF EACH FIREARM.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "TRIGGER

 4    LOCK" MEANS A DEVICE OPERATED BY A KEY OR COMBINATION LOCK OR A

 5    SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR MECHANISM THAT IS DESIGNED FOR USE ON FIRE-

 6    ARMS, IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, AND DISABLES THE TRIGGER MECHA-

 7    NISM OF THE FIREARM TO PREVENT THE DISCHARGE OF THAT FIREARM.

 8         (2) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO VIOLATES SUBSECTION (1) IS GUILTY OF A

 9    MISDEMEANOR PUNISHABLE BY IMPRISONMENT FOR NOT MORE THAN 1 YEAR

10    OR BY A FINE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000.00, OR BOTH.




   03647'99                                                 JJG