The weapons provisions of Title 18 ban outright the possession, manufacture and sale of various classes of firearms and munitions. The ban includes machine guns. Essentially, a machine gun is a gun which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot more than one shot, without manual reloading, with a single pull of the trigger. The definition includes parts of a machine gun and disassembled machine guns. Title 18 U.S.C. §922(p) proscribes guns which are non-detectable by metal detectors and x-rays and sets a minimum standard of detectability. Title 18 U.S.C. §922(a)(7) and (8) prohibit the manufacture, importation, sale or delivery of armor-piercing ammunition.
Prohibited Possessors
Title 18 U.S.C. §922(g) prohibits any person listed in §§922(g)(1) - (9), convicted felons, drug addicts, illegal aliens, etc.1 from shipping or transporting in interstate or foreign commerce or from receiving any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce or from possessing, in or affecting commerce, any firearm or ammunition. This latter prohibition is widely known as the "felon in possession of a firearm" statute. There are three elements which must be proven in order to obtain a conviction under §922(g): a prior felony conviction, "knowing" possession of a "firearm" as defined at section 13.02, supra,2 which has "affected" interstate commerce.
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