A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide increased penalties for any person convicted of using a firearm to commit certain Federal crimes or carrying a firearm during the commission of such crimes.

Amends the provisions of the Gun Control Act of 1968 which imposes additional sentences for using or unlawfully carrying a firearm during the commission of a Federal felony to: (1) include state felonies and felonies with knives; (2) revise such additional sentences; and (3) prohibit a probationary or suspended sentence with respect to a first, as well as to a subsequent, conviction.