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Machinegun

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003107

A firearm that shoots, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. Federal law, specifically the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Firearm Owners' Protection Act of 1986, heavily regulates the possession, transfer, and manufacture of machineguns. Most civilian ownership of newly manufactured machineguns is prohibited.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003107
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003107",
  "term": "Machinegun",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A firearm that shoots, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. Federal law, specifically the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Firearm Owners' Protection Act of 1986, heavily regulates the possession, transfer, and manufacture of machineguns. Most civilian ownership of newly manufactured machineguns is prohibited.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/machinegun/"
}

Record 3,068 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.