Bill Summaries: H 697 SHOOT FIREARM NEAR SCHOOL/INCREASE PENALTY.

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  • Summary date: Apr 10 2013 - View Summary

    Enacts new GS 14-277.6 making it a Class I felony to willfully or wantonly discharge or attempt to discharge any firearm or barreled weapon capable of discharging shot, bullets, pellets, or other missiles at a muzzle velocity of at least 600 feet per second within 1,000 feet of the boundary of an elementary or secondary school. Applies to offenses committed on or after December 1, 2013.