Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
This bill exempts certain less-than-lethal projectile launchers from being classified and regulated as firearms under federal law. To qualify, a device must be designed not to cause death or serious injury, cannot fire standard ammunition or use regular firearm magazines, and cannot shoot projectiles faster than 500 feet per second. It also requires the Attorney General to review submitted devices within 90 days to determine if they meet the exemption criteria.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- Manufacturers and distributors of less-than-lethal projectile devicesExempts their qualifying less-than-lethal projectile devices from the federal definition of a firearm under federal criminal code, freeing these devices from federal firearm regulations, and provides a process to obtain a formal classification within 90 days (Sec. 2(a)).
Who it burdens
- Department of Justice and Attorney GeneralMust review submitted devices and issue a formal determination within 90 days of receipt as to whether the device meets the statutory criteria for a less-than-lethal projectile device (Sec. 2(a)(2)).
The provisions, in plain language.
Exempts qualifying less-than-lethal projectile devices—those designed not to cause death or serious bodily injury, firing projectiles under 500 feet per second, and unable to use standard firearm ammunition or magazines—from federal firearm regulations.
Requires the Attorney General to determine within 90 days whether a submitted device qualifies as an exempt less-than-lethal projectile device upon request.