MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2020 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B; Constitution
By: Representative Anderson (110th)
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 97-37-31, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO INCREASE PENALTIES FOR THE SALE OR POSSESSION OF FIREARM SILENCERS; 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 * * *, muffle or silence the report
of the firearm when shot or fired. Any person violating this section shall be
guilty of a * * *
felony and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Two Thousand
Dollars ($2,000.00), but not more than * * * Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00) for each violation, imprisoned in the custody of the Mississippi
Department of Corrections, or both.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2020.