Special firearm types

OR · 18usc924:penalty.weapon

Section (c)(1)(B)(i) separately provides a ten-year minimum for short-barreled rifles/shotguns. The source also retains semiautomatic assault weapon wording tied to the 1994 amendment termination note; do not activate that historical category without an effective-date analysis.

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(ii) is a machinegun or a destructive device, or is equipped with a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 years.
Source: docroot/ir/usc/title18.jsonl#title18_sec924; Unicode character offsets [5358:5545] (end exclusive); SHA-256 899fad466e76614e7f7b0bb794089010ef0af034312bcd194c76394228dbfdc4.
(i) is a short-barreled rifle, short-barreled shotgun, or semiautomatic assault weapon, the person shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years; or
Source: docroot/ir/usc/title18.jsonl#title18_sec924; Unicode character offsets [5184:5357] (end exclusive); SHA-256 899fad466e76614e7f7b0bb794089010ef0af034312bcd194c76394228dbfdc4.

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