Restoring the Armed Career Criminal Act

This bill changes the rules for giving longer prison sentences to people who are caught with guns when they're not allowed to have them, like convicted felons. Right now, someone faces at least 15 years in prison if they have three or more past convictions for serious drug crimes or violent felonies. This bill replaces those specific categories with a broader category called "serious felony convictions," which includes any felony with a maximum sentence of 10 years or more, or any group of convictions from the same court proceeding that added up to 10 or more years of prison time. This means more types of past criminal convictions could count toward triggering the longer mandatory sentence.

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