MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2000 Regular Session

To: Judiciary

By: Senator(s) Carlton, Chaney, Furniss, Hamilton, Robertson, Ross, White (29th), Tollison

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, POSSESSION AND USE OF SILENCERS ON FIREARMS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 97-37-31, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

97-37-31. It shall be unlawful for any person, persons, corporation or manufacturing establishment, not duly authorized under federal law, to make, manufacture, sell or possess any instrument or device which, if used on firearms of any kind, will arrest or muffle * * * the report of said firearm when shot or fired. * * * Any person * * * violating this section shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined * * * not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the penitentiary not * * * more than ten (10) years), or both.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2000.