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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61879</law_id><section_number>18.2-289</section_number><catch_line>Use of machine gun for crime of violence</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>17.1-805</reference><reference>18.2-513</reference><reference>19.2-392.02</reference><reference>53.1-202.3</reference><reference>53.1-40.02</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="5">Uniform Machine Gun Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p><span class="dictionary">Possession</span> or use of a machine gun in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a <span class="dictionary">crime of violence</span> is hereby declared to be a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-259; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
