short-barreled rifle
Defined in 2 places across 2 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 “short-barreled rifle” means a rifle having one or more barrels less than sixteen inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle (whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise) if such weapon, as modified, has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches.
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- 1994–present18 U.S.C. § 921Crimes and Criminal Procedure · Definitions · as used in this chapter