machinegun
Defined in 3 places across 3 titles of the United States Code.
In this section, the terms “handgun”, “rifle”, “shotgun”, “firearm”, “ammunition”, “machinegun”, “short-barreled shotgun”, and “short-barreled rifle” have the meanings given the terms in section 921(a) of title 18.
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- 2005–present42 U.S.C. § 2201AThe Public Health and Welfare · Use of firearms by security personnel · in this section
The term “machinegun” has the meaning given such term in section 5845(b) of the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(b)).
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 921Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · as used in this chapter
The term “machinegun” means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
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- 1994–present26 U.S.C. § 5845Internal Revenue Code · Definitions · in this section