End Domestic Terrorism Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for mass killings involving machineguns or certain semiautomatic weapons, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Mass killings using machineguns or covered semiautomatic weapons
“2332j. Mass killings using machineguns or covered semiautomatic weapons
“(a) Whoever kills 3 or more people in a single incident using a machinegun, a destructive device, or a covered semiautomatic weapon in a circumstance described in subsection (b) and at a location described in subsection (c), shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.
“(b) A circumstance described in this subsection is any one of the following:
“(1) The mail or any facility of interstate or foreign commerce was used in furtherance of the offense.
“(2) The machinegun or covered semiautomatic weapon used in the commission of the offense was transported in interstate or foreign commerce.
“(3) The perpetrator traveled in or caused another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce in furtherance of the offense.
“(4) The offense occurred within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
“(5) The offense otherwise occurred in or affected interstate or foreign commerce.
“(c) A location described in this subsection is any one of the following:
“(1) A school or location of a school-sponsored activity or organization.
“(2) A place of worship.
“(3) A medical facility or care facility.
“(4) A childcare facility.
“(5) A government building, including a Federal building, a municipal building, and a courthouse, or a voting location.
“(6) An entertainment or educational venue or facility, including a concert venue, a professional sporting event, a museum, a library, a movie theater, a theater venue, an arcade, a bowling alley, or an amusement park.
“(7) A scheduled public event, such as a parade, a ceremony, or a race.
“(8) A retail location, including a mall, a grocery store, a convenience store, a bar, or a restaurant.
“(9) An office building.”
“(7) the term covered semiautomatic weapon means—
“(A) semiautomatic rifle that—
“(i) has a magazine that is not a fixed magazine; and
“(ii) does have any one of—
“(I) a pistol grip;
“(II) a forward grip;
“(III) a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock, or is otherwise foldable or adjustable in a manner that operates to reduce the length, size, or any other dimension, or otherwise enhances the concealability, of the weapon;
“(IV) a grenade launcher;
“(V) a barrel shroud; or
“(VI) a threaded barrel;
“(B) a semiautomatic rifle that has a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 10 rounds, except for an attached tubular device designed to accept, and capable of operating only with, .22 caliber rimfire ammunition;
“(C) any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment, or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm but not convert the semiautomatic firearm into a machinegun;
“(D) a semiautomatic shotgun that—
“(i) has the capacity to utilize a magazine that is not a fixed magazine; and
“(ii) does have any one of—
“(I) a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock;
“(II) a pistol grip or bird's head grip;
“(III) a fixed magazine with the capacity to accept more than 5 rounds;
“(IV) the ability to accept a detachable magazine;
“(V) a forward grip; or
“(VI) a grenade launcher;
“(E) any AK or AR type of weapon, including a rifle, copy, duplicate, variant, or altered facsimile with the capability of any such weapon; and
“(F) any weapon that is substantially similar to a weapon described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) determined by the Attorney General pursuant to a rule, which shall be made on the record after opportunity for a hearing pursuant to the rulemaking procedures prescribed by subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5;
“(8) the term machinegun has the meaning given such term in section 5845(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and
“(9) the term destructive device has the meaning given such term in section 921.”