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House debates 'Ghost Guns' bill, adds prohibition on firearms at polling places and serialization process
Summary
S.209 would require serial numbers on firearms, frames and receivers; create penalties for unserialized firearms; allow voluntary serialization via FFLs; extend a gun‑show waiting‑period exemption; and ban firearms at polling places. Committee testimony and technical questions on timing and definitions were raised on the floor.
The House heard a lengthy presentation of S.209, described by the presenter as the "Vermont Ghost Guns Act," which would add new criminal and civil prohibitions for unserialized firearms and unfinished frames or receivers, create a voluntary serialization process through federally licensed firearms dealers (FFLs), and prohibit firearms at polling places and related election‑day approaches.
Member from Williston, speaking for the Judiciary Committee, said the bill adds a new subchapter (new section 4082) with definitions, bars possession and transfer of unserialized components and firearms (section 4083), and establishes penalties ranging from civil fines in the Judicial…
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