firearms use
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
the term “firearms use” means an offense that has as its elements those described in section 924(c) or 929(a), if the firearm was brandished, discharged, or otherwise used as a weapon and the crime of violence or drug trafficking crime during and relation to which the firearm was used was subject to prosecution in a court of the United States or a court of a State, or both;
Source
- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 3559Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Sentencing classification of offenses · in this section