House
Apr 11, 1997

To amend title 18, United States Code, to permanently prohibit the possession of firearms by persons who have been convicted of a felony, and for other purposes.

Summary

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Stop Arming Felons (SAFe) Act - Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) deny natural persons the opportunity to seek administrative relief from prohibitions against possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving firearms or ammunition; (2) require publication of additional information about such administrative relief granted to any person; and (3) prohibit the possession of, or transactions in, firearms by any natural person convicted of a serious drug offense or violent felony, regardless of any expungement of the conviction or restoration of other civil rights.

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Introduced(4/8/97)
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

Apr 11, 1997