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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 2938 (EAS) — 117 S2938 EAS: Bipartisan Safer Communities Act · Sec. 12002

Sec. 12002. Defining engaged in the business

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engaged in the business Section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in paragraph (21)(C), by striking with the principal objective of livelihood and profit and inserting to predominantly earn a profit ; by redesignating paragraphs
(22)through
(29)as paragraphs
(23)through (30), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(21)the following: The term to predominantly earn a profit means that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms collection: , That proof of profit shall not be required as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes or terrorism. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Provided terrorism means activity, directed against United States persons, which— is committed by an individual who is not a national or permanent resident alien of the United States; involves violent acts or acts dangerous to human life which would be a criminal violation if committed within the jurisdiction of the United States; and is intended— to intimidate or coerce a civilian population; to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or to affect the conduct of a government by assassination or kidnapping. .
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