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Provides that whoever forcibly assaults, strikes, wounds, discharges a firearm or other explosive at, or otherwise offers violence to, any fireman or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of the official duties of such fireman or law enforcement officer shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; and if personal injury results shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than twenty years or a fine of not more than $20,000, or both; and if death results shall suffer the death penalty unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto "without capital punishment", or unless the court, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, in its discretion shall order the sentence to be imprisonment for life.

Provides that whoever transports, causes to be transported, or aids or abets another in transporting, or receives, causes to be received, or aids or abets another in receiving, in interstate commerce or through the use of any instrumentality of or facility for interstate commerce, any dangerous or deadly weapon with knowledge that it will be used or with intent that it be used to assault, injure, or kill any fireman or law enforcement officer, because of his official position as a fireman or law enforcement officer, shall be punished as provided above.

Provides that if two or more persons conspire to violate this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished as provided above.

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

Provides that whoever forcibly assaults, strikes, wounds, discharges a firearm or other explosive at, or otherwise offers violence to, any fireman or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of the official duties of such fireman or law enforcement officer shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; and if personal injury results shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than twenty years or a fine of not more than $20,000, or both; and if death results shall suffer the death penalty unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto "without capital punishment", or unless the court, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, in its discretion shall order the sentence to be imprisonment for life.

Provides that whoever transports, causes to be transported, or aids or abets another in transporting, or receives, causes to be received, or aids or abets another in receiving, in interstate commerce or through the use of any instrumentality of or facility for interstate commerce, any dangerous or deadly weapon with knowledge that it will be used or with intent that it be used to assault, injure, or kill any fireman or law enforcement officer, because of his official position as a fireman or law enforcement officer, shall be punished as provided above.

Provides that if two or more persons conspire to violate this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished as provided above.

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

Provides that whoever forcibly assaults, strikes, wounds, discharges a firearm or other explosive at, or otherwise offers violence to, any fireman or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of the official duties of such fireman or law enforcement officer shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; and if personal injury results shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than twenty years or a fine of not more than $20,000, or both; and if death results shall suffer the death penalty unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto "without capital punishment", or unless the court, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, in its discretion shall order the sentence to be imprisonment for life.

Provides that whoever transports, causes to be transported, or aids or abets another in transporting, or receives, causes to be received, or aids or abets another in receiving, in interstate commerce or through the use of any instrumentality of or facility for interstate commerce, any dangerous or deadly weapon with knowledge that it will be used or with intent that it be used to assault, injure, or kill any fireman or law enforcement officer, because of his official position as a fireman or law enforcement officer, shall be punished as provided above.

Provides that if two or more persons conspire to violate this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished as provided above.

There is one summary for this bill. Bill summaries are authored by CRS.

Provides that whoever forcibly assaults, strikes, wounds, discharges a firearm or other explosive at, or otherwise offers violence to, any fireman or law enforcement officer on account of the performance of the official duties of such fireman or law enforcement officer shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than ten years or a fine of not more than $10,000, or both; and if personal injury results shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than twenty years or a fine of not more than $20,000, or both; and if death results shall suffer the death penalty unless the jury qualifies its verdict by adding thereto "without capital punishment", or unless the court, in the case of a plea of guilty, or a plea of not guilty where the defendant has waived a trial by jury, in its discretion shall order the sentence to be imprisonment for life.

Provides that whoever transports, causes to be transported, or aids or abets another in transporting, or receives, causes to be received, or aids or abets another in receiving, in interstate commerce or through the use of any instrumentality of or facility for interstate commerce, any dangerous or deadly weapon with knowledge that it will be used or with intent that it be used to assault, injure, or kill any fireman or law enforcement officer, because of his official position as a fireman or law enforcement officer, shall be punished as provided above.

Provides that if two or more persons conspire to violate this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished as provided above.