                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-299)

When used in this article:
		&#8220;Sawed-off shotgun&#8221; means any weapon, loaded or unloaded,
originally designed as a shoulder weapon, utilizing a self-contained cartridge
from which a number of ball shot pellets or projectiles may be fired
simultaneously from a smooth or rifled bore by a single function of the firing
device and which has a barrel length of less than 18 inches for smooth bore
weapons and 16 inches for rifled weapons. Weapons of less than .225 caliber
shall not be included.
		&#8220;Sawed-off rifle&#8221; means a rifle of any caliber, loaded or
unloaded, which expels a projectile by action of an explosion of a combustible
material and is designed as a shoulder weapon with a barrel or barrels length of
less than 16 inches or which has been modified to an overall length of less than
26 inches.
		&#8220;Crime of violence&#8221; applies to and includes any of the following
crimes or an attempt to commit any of the same, namely, murder, manslaughter,
kidnapping, rape, mayhem, assault with intent to maim, disable, disfigure or
kill, robbery, burglary, housebreaking, breaking and entering and larceny.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; applies to and includes firm, partnership, association or
corporation.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-268.1; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1992, c. 580;
2004, c. 930.