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semiautomatic rifle

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United States Code

18 U.S.C. § 921 — as used in this chapter

The term “semiautomatic rifle” means any repeating rifle which utilizes a portion of the energy of a firing cartridge to extract the fired cartridge case and chamber the next round, and which requires a separate pull of the trigger to fire each cartridge.