It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Sections 11-47-2 and 11-47-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-47 entitled "Weapons" are hereby amended to read as follows:

11-47-2. Definition of terms. -- When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases shall be construed as follows:

(1) "Antique firearm" shall be defined as that term is defined under the provisions of title 18, United States code, subsection 921 (18 USC section 921).

(2) "Crime of violence" shall mean and include any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of them: murder, manslaughter, rape, first or second degree sexual assault, first or second degree child molestation, kidnapping, first and second degree arson, mayhem, robbery, burglary, breaking and entering, any felony violation involving the illegal manufacture, sale, or delivery of a controlled substance, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance classified in schedule I or schedule II of section 21-28-2.08, any violation of section 21-28-4.01.1 or section 21-28-4.01.2 or conspiracy to commit any violation of these statutes, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault or battery involving grave bodily injury, and/or assault with intent to commit any offense punishable as a felony . {ADD ; upon any conviction of an offense punishable as a felony offense under section 12-29-5. ADD}

(3) "Firearm" shall include any machine gun, pistol, rifle, air rifle, air pistol, "blank gun," "BB gun," so-called, or other instrument from which steel or metal projectiles are propelled, or which may readily be converted to expel a projectile, except recurve, compound, or longbows and except such instruments propelling such projectiles which instruments are designed or normally used for a primary purpose other than as a weapon. The frame or receiver of any such weapon shall be construed as a firearm under the provisions of this section.

(4) "Fugitive from justice" shall mean any person who has fled from any state, territory, the District of Columbia, or possession of the United States to avoid prosecution for a crime of violence or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding.

(5) "Licensing authorities" shall mean the board of police commissioners of a city or town where such board has been instituted, the chief of police or superintendent of police of other cities and towns having a regular organized police force, and, in towns where there is no chief of police or superintendent of police, it shall mean the town clerk who may issue licenses upon the recommendation of the town sergeant, and it shall also mean any other person or body duly authorized by the city or town charter or by state law.

(6) "Machine gun" means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any combination of parts designed and intended for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if the parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.

(7) "Person" shall include individual, partnership, firm, association, or corporation.

(8) "Pistol" shall include any pistol or revolver, and any shotgun, rifle, or similar weapon with overall length less than twenty-six (26) inches, but shall not include any pistol or revolver designed for the use of blank cartridges only.

(9) "Sawed-off rifle" shall mean any rifle with overall length of less than twenty-six (26) inches and/or barrel length of less than sixteen (16) inches.

(10) "Sawed-off shotgun" shall mean any shotgun with overall length of less than twenty-six (26) inches and/or barrel length of less than eighteen (18) inches.

(11) "Sell" shall include let or hire, give, lend, and transfer, and the word "purchase" shall include hire, accept, and borrow, and the expression "purchasing" shall be construed accordingly.

11-47-5. Possession of arms by person convicted of crime of violence or who is a fugitive from justice. -- (a) No person who has been convicted in this state or elsewhere of a crime of violence or who is a fugitive from justice shall purchase, own, carry, transport, or have in his or her possession any firearm.

{ADD (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) herein, no person convicted of an offense punishable as a felony offense under section 12-29-5 shall purchase, own, carry, transport, or have in his or her possession any firearm, for a period of two (2) years following the date of such conviction. ADD}

(b) {ADD (c) ADD} No person who is in community confinement pursuant to the provisions of section 42-56-20.2 or who is otherwise subject to electronic surveillance or monitoring devices as a condition of parole shall purchase, carry, transport, or have in his or her possession any firearm. This subsection shall not apply to any person who has not been convicted of (or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to) a crime of violence in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) {ADD (d) ADD} Every person violating the provisions of this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment for not less than two (2) nor more than ten (10) years; and for penalties provided in this section he or she shall not be afforded the benefit of suspension or deferment of sentence nor of probation.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.