Legal > Other Criminal Offenses
Federal firearms laws also include criminal provisions prohibiting certain conduct related to firearms and ammunition.
These include, for example:
Making any
false statement or furnishing false identification in acquiring any firearm
or ammunition from a licensee, 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(6);
Manufacture
or importation of armor piercing ammunition and the sale of such ammunition
by manufacturers and importers, 18 U.S.C. 922(a)(7) and (8);
Theft of
firearms, 18 U.S.C. 922(u), 924(k), 924(l);
Transportation,
shipment, possession, or disposal of stolen firearms or ammunition, 18
U.S.C. 922(j);
Transportation,
shipment, or receipt of firearms having obliterated serial numbers, 18
U.S.C. 922(k);
Possession
of firearms in a school zone, 18 U.S.C. 922(q);
Sale or transfer
of a handgun to a juvenile (less than 18 years of age) and possession
of a handgun by a juvenile, 18 U.S.C. 922(x);
and Use or
carrying of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence or drug trafficking
crime, 18 U.S.C. 924(c).
Illegal export
of shotguns and shotgun ammunition regulated by the Department of Commerce,
50 U.S.C. App. 2410A
Smuggling
of goods into the United States, 18 U.S.C. 545
Entry of
goods by means of false statements, 18 U.S.C. 542
Entry of
goods by means of false classification, 18 U.S.C. 541