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| To amend section 109.52 and to enact sections | 1 |
| 109.5731 and 2923.171 of the Revised Code to | 2 |
| prohibit a person from knowingly acquiring, | 3 |
| possessing, carrying, or using an assault weapon | 4 |
| and to require the Attorney General to prepare for | 5 |
| the establishment of a firearm and ammunition | 6 |
| transactions database. | 7 |
| Section 1. That section 109.52 be amended and sections | 8 |
| 109.5731 and 2923.171 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as | 9 |
| follows: | 10 |
| Sec. 109.52. The bureau of criminal identification and | 11 |
| investigation may operate and maintain a criminal analysis | 12 |
| laboratory and mobile units thereof, create a staff of | 13 |
| investigators and technicians skilled in the solution and control | 14 |
| of crimes and criminal activity, keep statistics and other | 15 |
| necessary data, maintain a firearm and ammunition transactions | 16 |
| database, assist in the prevention of crime, and engage in such | 17 |
| other activities as will aid law enforcement officers in solving | 18 |
| crimes and controlling criminal activity. | 19 |
| Sec. 109.5731. The attorney general shall prepare for the | 20 |
| establishment and operation of a firearm and ammunition | 21 |
| transactions database that will be maintained by the bureau of | 22 |
| criminal identification and investigation. The attorney general | 23 |
| shall establish the database in conformity with the requirements | 24 |
| of any act that is enacted by the general assembly. | 25 |
| Sec. 2923.171. (A) No person shall knowingly possess or | 26 |
| acquire any assault weapon. | 27 |
| (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to: | 28 |
| (1) Officers, agents, or employees of this or any other state | 29 |
| or the United States, members of the armed forces of the United | 30 |
| States or the organized militia of this or any other state, and | 31 |
| law enforcement officers to the extent that the officer, agent, | 32 |
| employee, or member is authorized to possess or acquire an assault | 33 |
| weapon and is acting within the scope of the officer's, agent's, | 34 |
| employee's, or member's duties; | 35 |
| (2) A manufacturer or importer of assault weapons that is | 36 |
| licensed as a licensed manufacturer or licensed importer under the | 37 |
| "Gun Control Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1213, 18 U.S.C. 1921 et seq., | 38 |
| and any amendments or additions thereto or reenactments thereof; | 39 |
| (3) Carriers, warehouses, and others engaged in the business | 40 |
| of transporting or storing firearms for hire, with respect to | 41 |
| assault weapons lawfully transported or stored in the usual course | 42 |
| of their business and in compliance with the laws of this state | 43 |
| and applicable federal law. | 44 |
| (C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty | 45 |
| of unlawful possession of an assault weapon, a felony of the fifth | 46 |
| degree. | 47 |
| (D) As used in this section, "assault weapon" means an | 48 |
| automatic firearm that has not been rendered permanently | 49 |
| inoperable, a semi-automatic firearm capable of accepting a | 50 |
| detachable magazine with the capacity to accept ten or more | 51 |
| cartridges, and a semi-automatic firearm with a fixed magazine | 52 |
| with the capacity to accept ten or more cartridges. | 53 |
| Section 2. That existing section 109.52 of the Revised Code | 54 |
| is hereby repealed. | 55 |