- alien
has the same meaning as in section 101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3));
- ammunition
means ammunition or cartridge cases, primers, bullets, or propellent powder designed for use in any firearm.
- antique firearm
means—
- armor piercing ammunition
means—
- Attorney General
means the Attorney General of the United States 1
- body armor
means any product sold or offered for sale, in interstate or foreign commerce, as personal protective body covering intended to protect against gunfire, regardless of whether the product is to be worn alone or is sold as a complement to another product or garment.
- brandish
means, with respect to a firearm, to display all or part of the firearm, or otherwise make the presence of the firearm known to another person, in order to intimidate that person, regardless of whether the firearm is directly visible to that person.
- chief law enforcement officer
means the chief of police, the sheriff, or an equivalent officer or the designee of any such individual.
- collector
means any person who acquires, holds, or disposes of firearms as curios or relics, as the Attorney General shall by regulation define, and the term “licensed collector” means any such person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
- conviction
includes a finding that a person has committed an act of juvenile delinquency involving a violent felony.
- crime of violence
means an offense that is a felony and—
- dangerous weapon
means a weapon, device, instrument, material, or substance, animate or inanimate, that is used for, or is readily capable of, causing death or serious bodily injury, except that such term does not include a pocket knife with a blade of less than 2½ inches in length.
- dating relationship
means a relationship between individuals who have or have recently had a continuing serious relationship of a romantic or intimate nature.
- dealer
means (A) any person engaged in the business of selling firearms at wholesale or retail, (B) any person engaged in the business of repairing firearms or of making or fitting special barrels, stocks, or trigger mechanisms to firearms, or (C) any person who is a pawnbroker.
- destructive device
means— The term “destructive device” shall not include any device which is neither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon;
- drug trafficking crime
means any felony punishable under the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act (21 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), or chapter 705 of title 46.
- employer
means any other individual employed by the defendant’s business that supervises defendant’s activity.
- engaged in the business
means—
- Federal court facility
means the courtroom, judges’ chambers, witness rooms, jury deliberation rooms, attorney conference rooms, prisoner holding cells, offices of the court clerks, the United States attorney, and the United States marshal, probation and parole offices, and adjoining corridors of any court of the United States.
- Federal crime of terrorism
has the meaning given that term in section 2332b(g)(5);
- Federal facility
means a building or part thereof owned or leased by the Federal Government, where Federal employees are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.
- felony
means any offense under Federal or State law punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.
- firearm
means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive;
- fugitive from justice
means any person who has fled from any State to avoid prosecution for a crime or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal proceeding.
- handgun
means—
- importer
means any person engaged in the business of importing or bringing firearms or ammunition into the United States for purposes of sale or distribution;
- indictment
includes an indictment or information in any court under which a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year may be prosecuted.
- interstate or foreign commerce
includes commerce between any place in a State and any place outside of that State, or within any possession of the United States (not including the Canal Zone) or the District of Columbia, but such term does not include commerce between places within the same State but through any place outside of that State.
- intimate partner
means, with respect to a person, the spouse of the person, a former spouse of the person, an individual who is a parent of a child of the person, and an individual who cohabitates or has cohabited with the person.
- juvenile
means a person who is less than 18 years of age.
- licensed collector
means any such person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
- licensed dealer
means any dealer who is licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
- licensed importer
means any such person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
- licensed manufacturer
means any such person licensed under the provisions of this chapter.
- local law enforcement authority
means a bureau, office, department or other authority of a State or local government or Tribe that has jurisdiction to investigate a violation or potential violation of, or enforce, a State, local, or Tribal law.
- machinegun
has the meaning given such term in section 5845(b) of the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. 5845(b)).
- major component
means, with respect to a firearm, the barrel, the slide or cylinder, or the frame or receiver of the firearm;
- manufacturer
means any person engaged in the business of manufacturing firearms or ammunition for purposes of sale or distribution;
- misdemeanor crime of domestic violence
means an offense that—
- motor vehicle
has the meaning given such term in section 13102 of title 49, United States Code.
- nonimmigrant visa
has the same meaning as in section 101(a)(26) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(26)).
- pawnbroker
means any person whose business or occupation includes the taking or receiving, by way of pledge or pawn, of any firearm as security for the payment or repayment of money.
- published ordinance
means a published law of any political subdivision of a State which the Attorney General determines to be relevant to the enforcement of this chapter and which is contained on a list compiled by the Attorney General, which list shall be published in the Federal Register, revised annually, and furnished to each licensee under this chapter.
- qualified
means, with respect to an attorney, that the attorney is a licensed attorney in good standing with any relevant licensing authority.
- qualified law enforcement officer
means an employee of a governmental agency who—
- qualified retired law enforcement officer
means an individual who—
- rifle
means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to fire only a single projectile through a rifled bore for each single pull of the trigger.
- school
means a school which provides elementary or secondary education, as determined under State law.
- school zone
means—
- secure gun storage or safety device
means—
- Security Exemplar
means an object, to be fabricated at the direction of the Attorney General, that is—
- 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.
- serious drug offense
means—
- service with a public agency as a law enforcement officer
includes service as a law enforcement officer of the Amtrak Police Department, service as a law enforcement officer of the Federal Reserve, or service as a law enforcement or police officer of the executive branch of the Federal Government.
- 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.
- short-barreled shotgun
means a shotgun having one or more barrels less than eighteen inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun (whether by alteration, modification or otherwise) if such a weapon as modified has an overall length of less than twenty-six inches.
- shotgun
means a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger.
- State
includes the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the possessions of the United States (not including the Canal Zone).
- terrorism
means activity, directed against United States persons, which—
- to predominantly earn a profit
means that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms collection: Provided, That proof of profit shall not be required as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes or terrorism.
- United States
means each of the several States and the District of Columbia.
- violent felony
means any crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, or any act of juvenile delinquency involving the use or carrying of a firearm, knife, or destructive device that would be punishable by imprisonment for such term if committed by an adult, that—
- with the principal objective of livelihood and profit
means that the intent underlying the sale or disposition of firearms is predominantly one of obtaining livelihood and pecuniary gain, as opposed to other intents, such as improving or liquidating a personal firearms collection: Provided, That proof of profit shall not be required as to a person who engages in the regular and repetitive purchase and disposition of firearms for criminal purposes or terrorism.