Amends the Omnibus Crime Control Act of 1970 to increase the mandatory penalties for using or carrying a firearm during commission of a Federal felony.
Extends such offense to include using or carrying a destructive device or any dangerous or deadly weapon.
Increases the additional penalty imposed for such offense from two to 25 years to five to 25 years for a second or subsequent offender.
Extends to first offenders the directions, currently applicable only to second offenders, that the court not suspend any sentence or grant probation and that the additional sentence not run concurrently with any term of imprisonment imposed for the offense itself. Prohibits the granting of parole to any such offender.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
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