Regulación sobre Armas de Destrucción Masiva en Minnesota

Explicación Simple

Esta ley prohíbe fabricar o tener armas que puedan causar mucho daño a muchas personas. Si alguien hace esto con malas intenciones, puede ir a prisión por hasta 20 años o pagar una gran multa.

Es como si alguien intentara hacer un explosivo casero. Aunque lo haga en su casa, si se descubre, puede meterse en problemas muy serios, igual que con estas armas peligrosas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan encuentra una sustancia química en su garaje y decide venderla sin saber que es peligrosa. Si la policía lo atrapa, Juan podría enfrentarse a hasta 20 años de prisión por tener un arma de destrucción masiva.

Penalidades

Hasta 20 años de prisión o multa de hasta $100,000, o ambas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

d as a result of biotechnology, capable of carrying a biological agent or toxin to a host. (f) "Weapon of mass destruction" includes weapons, substances, devices, vectors, or delivery systems that: (1) are designed or have the capacity to cause death or great bodily harm to a considerable number of people through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors, disease organisms, biological agents, or toxins; or (2) are designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life. (a) Whoever manufactures, acquires, possesses, or makes readily accessible to another a weapon of mass destruction with the intent to cause injury to another is guilty of a crime and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 20 years or to payment of a fine of not more than $100,000, or both. (b) It is an affirmative defense to criminal liability under this subdivision if the defendant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the conduct engaged in: (1) was specifically authorized under state or federal law and conducted in accordance with that law; or (2) was part of a legitimate scientific or medical research project, or constituted legitimate medical treatment. (a) Whoever knowingly manufactures, acquires, possesses, or makes readily accessible to another the following, or substances that are substantially similar in chemical makeup to the following, in levels dangerous to human life, is guilty of a crime: (1) variola major (smallpox); (2)bacillus anthracis(anthrax); (3)yersinia pestis(plague); (4) botulinum toxin (botulism); (5)francisella tularensis(tularemia); (6) viral hemorrhagic fevers; (7) a mustard agent; (8) lewisite; (9) hydrogen cyanide; (10) GA (Tabun); (11) GB (Sarin); (12) GD (So