GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 413

HOUSE BILL 946

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 14-288.8 CONCERNING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-288.8(c)(3) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(3)      Any firearm capable of fully automatic fire, any shotgun with a barrel or barrels of less than 18 inches in length or an overall length of less than 26 inches, any rifle with a barrel or barrels of less than 16 inches in length or an overall length of less than 26 inches, any muffler or silencer for any firearm, whether or not such firearm is included within this definition. For the purposes of this section, rifle is defined as a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-288.8(d) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(d)      Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class I felony."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of June, 1983.