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Amend the amendment in section 1 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph A (page 1, lines 17 to 19 in amendment) and inserting the following:
 
‘A. Display in a threatening manner a firearm, slungshot, knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, stiletto or other dangerous or deadly weapon usually employed in the attack on or defense of a person; or’
Amend the amendment in section 1 in subsection 1 in paragraph B in the 2nd and 3rd lines (page 1, lines 21 and 22 in amendment) by striking out the following: ", slungshot, knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, stiletto or other dangerous or deadly weapon usually employed in the attack on or defense of a person" and inserting the following: ', slungshot, knuckles, bowie knife, dirk, stiletto or other dangerous or deadly weapon usually employed in the attack on or defense of a person'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in subsection 1 in paragraph C in the first line (page 1, line 27 in amendment) by striking out the following: "dangerous or deadly weapon" and inserting the following: 'firearm'
Amend the amendment in section 1 in subsection 1 in the blocked paragraph in the first and 2nd lines (page 1, lines 32 and 33 in amendment) by striking out the following: ""dangerous or deadly weapon" has the same meaning as "dangerous weapon" in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 9, paragraph C and"
 
SUMMARY
Current law prohibits a person from displaying in a threatening manner a dangerous or deadly weapon and from concealing a dangerous or deadly weapon.
This amendment applies those prohibitions only to a firearm and removes the application of the statute to other dangerous and deadly weapons.
This amendment also limits the requirement proposed in Committee Amendment "A" that a person in possession of a dangerous or deadly weapon in a public place provide that person's name, address and date of birth to a law enforcement officer.