HB 2103 -- Firearms Crimes

Co-Sponsors:  Gibbons, Phillips

This bill makes several changes to provisions concerning
firearms.  The bill:

(1)  Increases the penalty for the commission of a crime with
the aid of a dangerous instrument or deadly weapon from 3 to 5
years imprisonment.  The bill also increases the penalty for a
second offense of armed criminal action from 5 to 7 years
imprisonment (Section 571.015, RSMo);

(2)  Updates language by removing provisions that pertain to
sections that have been repealed (Section 571.015);

(3)  Expands the crime of unlawful use of weapons to include
persons who carry firearms or other deadly weapons on school
property or while in possession of a controlled substance.  Both
are class D felonies (Section 571.030); and

(4)  Creates "Project Exile," a program that requires the state
to review certain weapons offense cases for the possibility of
federal prosecution.  The bill also requires that the Attorney
General be notified of and keep a record of investigations and
prosecutions pursuant to the program.