Firearms State Laws and Published OrdinancesDIANE Publishing, 1996 - 162 pages |
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Page 39 - State" includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States (not including the Canal Zone). (3) The term "firearm" means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive...
Page 14 - ... in his possession or under his custody or control any pistol, revolver, or other firearm capable of being concealed upon the person...
Page 97 - ... units or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities or packing that an ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or by detonator of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressures are capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects or of destroying life or limb.
Page 91 - ... punishable by imprisonment in the State penitentiary for a term of not less than ten years.
Page 85 - Department of the Treasury Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Washington, DC 20226 By: Julius Roth March 1978 Management Science Associates, POBox 239, Los Altos, Calif.
Page 33 - ... any type of weapon by whatever name known which will, or which may be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or other propellant...
Page 58 - ... if such replica— (i) is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition, or (ii) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. (17) The term "ammunition" means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellent powder designed for use in any firearm. (18) The term "Secretary" or "Secretary of the...
Page 38 - No person, by himself or his agents or servants, shall render or manufacture, sell, offer for sale, expose for sale or have in his possession with intent to sell, any article...
Page 9 - firearm' means "(1) a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length; "(2) a weapon made from a shotgun if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches or a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length...
Page 34 - firearm" means any weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosive and a firearm muffler or firearm silencer, or any part or parts of such weapon. (4) The term "manufacturer...