ORDINANCE NO. 240708

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Sponsor: Mayor Quinton Lucas

Amending Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances, by repealing Section 50-276 relating to the prohibition on the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, and sale of certain weapons to remove the term bump stock from the definition of machine gun to conform with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Garland v. Cargill.

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WHEREAS, on August 10, 2023, the Council in Ordinance No. 230642 amended the Code of Ordinances by adding Section 50-276 that prohibits the possession, manufacture, transport, repair, and sale of certain weapons, including machine guns; and

WHEREAS, Code of Ordinances Section 50-276 includes in its definition of "machine gun" a firearm that is modified by a "bump stock." This definition in Section 50-276 was reliant upon the definition of machine gun previously found in federal law, which included firearms modified by bump stocks in such definition; and

WHEREAS, on June 14, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court in Garland v. Cargill struck down this portion of the federal law that defines a machine gun as a firearm with a bump stock; and

WHEREAS, to conform to the decision in Garland v. Cargill it is necessary to amend Code of Ordinances Section 50-276 to remove the term "bump stock" from the definition of "machine gun"; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That Chapter 50, Code of Ordinances of the City of Kansas City, Missouri, is hereby amended by repealing the following Section 50-276 relating to weapons:

Sec. 50-276. Possession; manufacture; transport; repair; sale of prohibited weapons.

(a) Definitions.

(1) Firearm silencer means any instrument, attachment, or appliance that is designed or adapted to muffle the noise made by the firing of any firearm.

(2) Machine gun means any firearm that is capable of firing more than one shot automatically, without ma...

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