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5-73-125. Interstate sale and purchase of shotguns, rifles, and ammunition.
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5-73-125. Interstate sale and purchase of shotguns, rifles, and ammunition.
(a) The sale of shotguns and rifles and ammunition in this state to residents of other states is authorized under regulations issued by the United States Attorney General under the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2009.
(b) A resident of this state may purchase a rifle, shotgun, or ammunition in another state as expressly authorized under the regulations issued under the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2009.
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5-73-125. Interstate sale and purchase of shotguns, rifles, and ammunition.
(a) The sale of shotguns and rifles and ammunition in this state to residents of other states is authorized under regulations issued by the United States Attorney General under the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2009.
(b) A resident of this state may purchase a rifle, shotgun, or ammunition in another state as expressly authorized under the regulations issued under the Gun Control Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq., as in effect on January 1, 2009.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “person” and the term “whoever” include any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, partnership, society, or joint stock company.
(2) The term “interstate or foreign commerce” includes commerce between any place in a State and any place outside of that State, or within any possession of the United States (not including the Canal Zone) or the District of Columbia, but such term does not include commerce between places within the same State but through any place outside of that State. The term “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; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
(4) The term “destructive device” means—
(A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas—
(i) bomb,
(ii) grenade,
(iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces,
(iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce,
(v) mine, or
(vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the preceding clauses;
(B) any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell which the Attorney General finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable for sporting purposes) 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, and which has any barrel with a bore of
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 921
Minor changes were made in phraseology.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2001—Pub. L. 107–56 substituted ‘‘5 years’’ for ‘‘one
year’’.
1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this
title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $500’’.
CHAPTER 44—FIREARMS
Sec.
921.
Definitions.
922.
Unlawful acts.
923.
Licensing.
924.
Penalties.
925.
Exceptions: Relief from disabilities.
925A.
Remedy for erroneous denial of firearm.
925B.
Reporting of background check denials to
State authorities.
925C.
Annual report to Congress.
925D.
Special assistant U.S. attorneys and cross-
deputized attorneys.
926.
Rules and regulations.
926A.
Interstate transportation of firearms.
926B.
Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified
law enforcement officers.
926C.
Carrying of concealed firearms by qualified
retired law enforcement officers.
927.
Effect on State law.
928.
Separability.
929.
Use of restricted ammunition.
930.
Possession of firearms and dangerous weapons
in Federal facilities.
931.
Prohibition on purchase, ownership, or pos-
session of body armor by violent felons.
932.
Straw purchasing of firearms.
933.
Trafficking in firearms.
934.
Forfeiture and fines.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2022—Pub. L. 117–159, div. A, title II, § 12004(a)(6), June
25, 2022, 136 Stat. 1329, added items 932 to 934.
Pub. L. 117–103, div. W, title XI, §§ 1101(d), 1102(b),
1103(b), Mar. 15, 2022, 136 Stat. 920, 921, added items 925B
to 925D.
2004—Pub. L. 108–277, §§ 2(b), 3(b), July 22, 2004, 118
Stat. 866, 867, added items 926B and 926C.
2002—Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title I, § 11009(e)(2)(B),
Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1821, added item 931.
1993—Pub. L. 103–159, title I, § 104(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 107
Stat. 1543,
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