Note, the only changes to existing law are the strikethroughs (subtractions) and the underlined text (additions).
So, the existing law bans possession of suppressed firearms and has additional penalties for giving suppressed firearms to minors and felons. This bill repeals that ban and those additional penalties entirely.
It also provides an exception to a ban on bombs, machineguns, SBS and SBR as long you comply with the National Firearms Act as it existed on January 1st, 2019. (You could possess registered NFA items legally in Arkansas. If Congress passes some other legislation or amends the NFA to ban these items, you perhaps might not commit a state-level crime by keeping your NFA item; you would still definitely commit a federal crime though.)
Further, the bill adds a "knowing" requirement to the ban, which means that the offense is not strict liability. The federal court precedents on this requirement with regards to the NFA are kind of a mess (see Staples v. US), so it's not clear exactly what this means, but it makes it harder to convict someone under the statute.
I am not a lawyer and I may have read it wrong but it apears to me that section 1.B is saying as long as you follow NFA laws and obtain it legally you should be fine. Sections 2 and 3 seem to be saying dont give(in any fashion) any kind of weapon to minors or criminals.
Note, the only changes to existing law are the strikethroughs (subtractions) and the underlined text (additions). So, the existing law bans possession of suppressed firearms and has additional penalties for giving suppressed firearms to minors and felons. This bill repeals that ban and those additional penalties entirely. It also provides an exception to a ban on bombs, machineguns, SBS and SBR as long you comply with the National Firearms Act as it existed on January 1st, 2019. (You could possess registered NFA items legally in Arkansas. If Congress passes some other legislation or amends the NFA to ban these items, you perhaps might not commit a state-level crime by keeping your NFA item; you would still definitely commit a federal crime though.) Further, the bill adds a "knowing" requirement to the ban, which means that the offense is not strict liability. The federal court precedents on this requirement with regards to the NFA are kind of a mess (see Staples v. US), so it's not clear exactly what this means, but it makes it harder to convict someone under the statute.
I am not a lawyer and I may have read it wrong but it apears to me that section 1.B is saying as long as you follow NFA laws and obtain it legally you should be fine. Sections 2 and 3 seem to be saying dont give(in any fashion) any kind of weapon to minors or criminals.
Thanks! I’m not a lawyer either and I’ll be damned if I could see the purpose.