semiautomatic rifle
Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.
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.
Source
- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 921Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · as used in this chapter