Bill 190454

..Title Amending Chapter 10-2000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Use of Three-Dimensional Printer to Manufacture Firearms," to change the Chapter title, add definitions, and add additional prohibitions on use of three-dimensional printers and prohibitions relating to the purchase or sale of components for, and unlicensed manufacture of, firearms; under certain terms and conditions. ..Body THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS: SECTION 1. Chapter 10-2000 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 10-2000. PROHIBITION ON UNLICENSED MANUFACTURE OF FIREARMS, INCLUDING USE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER TO MANUFACTURE FIREARMS AND PURCHASE OR SALE OF COMPONENT PARTS � 10-2001. Definitions. (1) Firearm. Any device designed, made or adapted to expel a projectile through a barrel by using the energy generated by an explosive or burning substance or any device readily convertible to that use. (2) Three-dimensional printer. A computer-driven machine capable of producing a three-dimensional object from a digital model. (3) Major component of a firearm. Includes the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of a firearm; and in the case of a shotgun, the barrel. (4) Unfinished firearm frame or receiver. A piece of any material that does not constitute the frame or receiver of a firearm, but that has been shaped or formed in any way for the purpose of becoming the frame or receiver of a firearm. (5) Additive manufacturing. A manufacturing process in which material is added in order to produce the product, including but not limited to three-dimensional printing in which layers of material are laid down in succession. � 10-2002. Restriction on Use, Purchase, Sale or Manufacture. (1) No person, unless licensed to manufacture firearms under Federal law, 18 U.S.C. � 923(a), shall: (a) use a three-dimensional printer to create any firearm, or any piece or part thereof or attachment thereto[, unless such person possesses a license to manufacture firearms under Federal law, 18 U.S.C. � 923(a).]; (b) use any additive manufacturing process in order to produce a firearm; (c) purchase any major component of a firearm, or any unfinished frame or receiver, with the intent to manufacture a firearm; or (d) sell or transfer any major component of a firearm, or any unfinished frame or receiver, when such seller knows or has reason to know that the buyer intends to use the component to manufacture a firearm. � 10-2003. Penalties. A violation of this Chapter shall be a Class III offense and subject to a fine as set forth in � 1-109 of this Code. ___________________________________ Explanation: [Brackets] indicate matter deleted. Italics indicate matter added. ..End