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Committee hears department proposal to narrow H.231 firearm language to air and pneumatic rifles
Summary
Agency staff presented new language for H.231 that would target air rifles, arrow rifles and pre‑charged pneumatic rifles for regulation in certain contexts while avoiding language seen to implicate handguns and Second Amendment concerns.
Committee members reviewed draft language from the implementing agency that narrows H.231’s reach to certain mechanically propelled rifles and arrows rather than handguns.
An agency representative told the committee the department withdrew a broader provision that had raised Second Amendment concerns and is now proposing language that focuses on "air rifles, arrow rifles, [and] pre‑charged pneumatic rifles," with definitions intended to limit the coverage to…
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