Uniform Machine Gun Act
Virginia · 18.2 · §§ 18.2-288 to 18.2-298 · 12 sections
Overview
The Uniform Machine Gun Act governs the possession, transfer, and use of machine guns. It makes using a machine gun in a crime of violence or for an aggressive purpose a criminal offense, defines what counts as an aggressive purpose, and treats the presence of such a weapon in specified circumstances as prima facie evidence of its unlawful use. Alongside those prohibitions it sets up a regulatory scheme — registration of machine guns, registers of stock that manufacturers and dealers must keep open to inspection, and a procedure for obtaining search warrants — while exempting certain persons, weapons, and uses from its reach.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 4 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 697 F.3d 1125 - Delgado-Hernandez v. Holder
Sections covered
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-288Definitions3 cites
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-289Use of machine gun for crime of violence
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-290Use of machine gun for aggressive purpose
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-291What constitutes aggressive purpose
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-292Presence prima facie evidence of use1 cite
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-293What article does not apply to
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-293.1What article does not prohibit
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-294Manufacturer's and dealer's register; inspection of stock
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-295Registration of machine guns
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-296Search warrants for machine guns
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-297How article construed
- Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-298Short title of article
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