(23) Persons affected by the use of force and firearms or their legal representatives have access to an independent procedure, including judicial proceedings. In the event of the death of such persons, this provision shall apply mutatis mutandis to their dependants. 1968 — Point (a). L. 90-618 inserted the definitions of “collector”, “licensed collector” and “crimes punishable by imprisonment for more than one year”, amended the definitions of “person”, “any person”, “interstate or foreign trade”, “state”, “firearm”, “destructive device”, “dealer”, “indictment”, “fugitive from justice”, “antique firearm”, “ammunition” and “published regulation” and established the definitions of “shotgun” unchanged, “short-barrelled shotgun”, “rifle”, “short-barreled rifle”, “importer”, “authorized importer”, “manufacturer”, “licensed manufacturer”, “authorized dealer”, “pawnshopper” and “secretary” or “Minister of Finance”. The definition in the Firearms Protocol refers to the technical characteristics of firearms and their functioning and does not list or classify the actual type of weapon covered by the Protocol. The need to classify firearms for legislative, regulatory and investigative purposes is recognized both nationally and internationally. There are many ways to look at weapons and different types of classifications, depending on the criteria applied: the degree of lethality; structure; Portability; Action; technical characteristics and also for classification purposes: for legal, judicial or technical purposes. 19. Governments and law enforcement agencies shall ensure that all law enforcement officers are trained and monitored in accordance with appropriate standards of competence in the use of force. Law enforcement officers who are required to carry firearms should only be allowed to do so after special training in their use. One.
If a person intentionally discharges or causes to be discharged a firearm on a street of a city or in a place of public business or public meeting, and that conduct results in bodily harm to another person, he is guilty of a Class 6 crime. If such conduct does not result in bodily harm to another person, he or she is guilty of a Class 1 offence. (c) Ensure that medical assistance and assistance is provided to all injured or affected persons as soon as possible; 18. Governments and law enforcement agencies shall ensure that all law enforcement officials are selected through appropriate selection procedures, possess the appropriate moral, psychological and physical qualities to perform their duties effectively and receive continuous and thorough professional training. Their continued suitability for these functions should be reviewed regularly. B. A police officer shall not be civilly liable, in the performance of his duties when making an arrest in accordance with the provisions of this article, for any injury or death resulting in the arrest of the person if he had reason to believe that the arrested person directed, possessed or brandished such firearm or an air or gas weapon. or object that seemed similar, with the intention of creating fear in someone else`s mind. The term “importer” refers to any person who imports or brings firearms into the United States. L. 103–322, Title XI, § 110104, 13 September 1994, 108 Stat. 2000, requiring the Attorney General to review the effect of Title XI Subtitle A (§§ 110101-110106) and report to Congress no later than 30 months after September 13, 1994, was repealed by Pub.
L. 103–322, Title XI, § 110105(2), 13 September 1994, 108 Stat. 2000, in force 10 years after 13 September 1994. It is unlawful for any person to carry a firearm as defined in § 18.2-308.2:2 or explosive materials as defined in § 18.2-308.2 in (i) the Virginia Capitol; (ii) Place du Capitole and its surroundings; (iii) buildings owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; or (iv) any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any of its agencies are regularly present to perform their official duties. The provisions of this section do not apply to ranges or shooting ranges maintained and monitored or approved by law enforcement and military personnel in the performance of their lawful duties. The term “useless firearm” refers to a firearm that is incapable of firing a shot from an explosive and cannot be easily brought to a state of fire. The term “machine gun” refers to any weapon that automatically fires more than one shot by a single trigger function, that is intended to fire, or that can be easily retrieved to fire without manual reloading. This term also includes the frame or receiver of such a weapon, any part exclusively and exclusively designed and intended, or any combination of parts designed and intended for the conversion of a weapon into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun may be assembled when such parts are in the possession or control of a person. “(A) firearms (including matches, flints, percussion caps or similar ignition devices) manufactured on or after 1898; and 1994 – Subsec.
(a) (17) (b). L. 103–322, § 110519, para. b) General. Before the amendment, para. (B) as follows: “”Armour-piercing ammunition” means a projectile or projectile core that can be used in a handgun and that consists entirely (without traces of other material) of one or a combination of tungsten, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper or depleted uranium alloys. This term does not include shotgun shooting required for hunting purposes under federal or state environmental or hunting regulations, a fragile projectile intended for recreational shooting, a projectile determined by the Secretary to be primarily intended for sporting purposes, or other projectiles or projectile cores that the Secretary determines: they are intended to be used for industrial purposes. including cargo used in an oil and gas well puncture system. A. It is unlawful for a person to resemble a firearm or an air or gas weapon or object, whether or not it can be fired, in a manner that reasonably arouses fear in the minds of others, or to hold a firearm or an air or gas gun in a public place in a manner that: who are reasonably afraid in someone else`s head of being shot or injured.