Federal

• 1968 – Gun Control Act
  – 10 yr minimum
  – maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
• 1986 Armed Career Criminal Act
  – (ACCA, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e))
  – 15 year sentence for felons who commit crimes with firearms if they are convicted of certain crimes three or more times
  – “violent felony” or “serious drug” offenses
  – Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984
  – 2019 = 7.6% of offenses involving guns were prosecuted under this statute
• 1986 – 15 USC § 1245(b)
  – Possession / use of a ballistic knife during commission of federal crime
  – 5 years minimum
• 1998 – Section 924(c) of Title 18
  – 5 years for having a firearm during the offense (67% )
  – 7 years for brandishing a gun during the offense (19%)
  – 10 years for discharging a firearm or for having a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or semiautomatic assault weapon during the offense
  – 25 years for a second or subsequent conviction under this section
  – 30 years for having a machine gun or destructive device, or a firearm with a silencer or muffler during the offense
  – Life for a second or subsequent conviction under this section when the offense involved a machine gun or destructive device or a firearm with a silencer or muffler during the offense
• 2005 18 USC § 924(c)(5)(A);
  – Possession / use of armor piercing ammunition during violent crime or drug trafficking
  – 15 years, added to sentence

State

• 1994 California “Three Strikes Law”
  – strike 1 violent or serious pertaining to their initial felony conviction
  – strike 2 2nd felony conviction doubles the ‘normal’ sentence
  – strike 3 minimum of 25 years to life
• Jan 1999 – Florida Statute 775.087
  – 10-20-Life law
  – 2000 extended to cover 16-17 yr olds, with prior criminal records, who fire a gun (during a violent crime)
• 2005 New York “automatic sentence” law
  – 3 1/2-year minimum for felony gun possession