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Amending Chapter 10-2000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use of Three-Dimensional Printer to Manufacture Firearms," to change the Chapter title, add definitions, and add additional prohibitions on use of three-dimensional printers and prohibitions relating to the purchase or sale of components for, and unlicensed manufacture of, firearms; under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

The lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s rules on making firearms, including firearms made with 3-D printers or other additive manufacturing methods. It would have prohibited people without a federal firearms-manufacturing license from making firearms, buying certain major components or unfinished frames with the intent to make a firearm, or selling those items while knowing the buyer intended to use them to make a firearm; violations would have been subject to a Class III fine.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
May 23, 2019
Sponsors
Kenyatta JohnsonCurtis Jones, Jr.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 10-2000 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

CHAPTER 10-2000.

PROHIBITION ON UNLICENSED MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS, INCLUDING

USE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER TO MANUFACTURE FIREARMS

AND PURCHASE OR SALE OF COMPONENT PARTS

§ 10-2001. Definitions.

(1)

Firearm. Any device designed, made or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosive or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use.

(2)

Three-dimensional printer. A computer-driven machine capable of producing a three-dimensional object from a digital model.

(3)

Major component of a firearm. Includes the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of a firearm; and in the case of a shotgun, the barrel.

(4)

Unfinished firearm frame or receiver. A piece of any material that does not constitute the frame or receiver of a firearm, but that has been shaped or formed in any way for the purpose of becoming the frame or receiver of a firearm.

(5)

Additive manufacturing. A manufacturing process in which material is added in order to produce the product, including but not limited to three-dimensional printing in which layers of material are laid down in succession.

§ 10-2002. Restriction on Use

, Purchase, Sale or Manufacture

.

(1)

No person

, unless licensed to manufacture firearms under Federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 923(a),

shall

:

(a)

use a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm, or any piece or part thereof

or attachment thereto

[, unless such person possesses a license to manufacture firearms under Federal law, 18 U.S.C. § 923(a).]

;

(b) use any additive manufacturing process in order to produce a firearm;

(c) purchase any major component of a firearm, or any unfinished frame or receiver, with the intent to manufacture a firearm; or

(d) sell or transfer any major component of a firearm, or any unfinished frame or receiver, when such seller knows or has reason to know that the buyer intends to use the component to manufacture a firearm.

§ 10-2003. Penalties.

A violation of this Chapter shall be a Class III offense and subject to a fine as set forth in § 1-109 of this Code.

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Explanation:

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Italics

indicate matter added.

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