Overview
- Treats each firearm possessed by a felon as a separate offense for charging and sentencing purposes.
Key provisions
- Provides that each firearm possessed in a felon-in-possession case constitutes a separately punishable offense.
- Allows multiple counts based on the number of firearms involved in a single incident.
- Does not change the elements of the underlying felon-in-possession crime.
Penalties / enforcement
- Increases potential exposure by permitting multiple convictions and sentences per incident.
- Specific sentence lengths depend on existing felon-in-possession penalties and sentencing guidelines.
Effective date / timeline
- Effective date not specified in the OLIS summary.
Exceptions / carve-outs
- No specific exceptions noted in the OLIS summary.