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This bill would prohibit the sale or transfer of firearms or ammunition to anyone who is either has, or there is \"reasonable cause \"to believe the person has:

Been convicted of a violent crime within the previous 10 years;
Is under age 25 and committed an offense that would have been a violent crime if they had been tried as adults;
Has been convicted on two separate occasions within a three-year timespan in the preceding 10 years of an offense related to the distribution of alcohol or a controlled substance;
Has been convicted of stalking.

Any person who fits the above categories would be prohibited from:

Shipping or transporting in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing in a commercial capacity any firearm or ammunition;
Receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been subject to interstate or foreign commerce.

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