39-17-1301. Part definitions. �





As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:




(1) �Club� means any instrument that is specially designed, made or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by striking a person with the instrument;




(2) �Crime of violence� includes any degree of murder, voluntary manslaughter, aggravated rape, rape, especially aggravated robbery, aggravated robbery, burglary, aggravated assault or aggravated kidnapping;




(3) (A) �Explosive weapon� means any explosive, incendiary or poisonous gas:




(i) Bomb;




(ii) Grenade;




(iii) Rocket;




(iv) Mine; or




(v) Shell, missile or projectile that is designed, made or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury, death or substantial property damage;




(B) �Explosive weapon� also means:




(i) Any breakable container which contains a flammable liquid with a flashpoint of one hundred fifty degrees Fahrenheit (150� F) or less and has a wick or similar device capable of being ignited, other than a device which is commercially manufactured primarily for purposes of illumination; or




(ii) Any sealed device containing dry ice or other chemically reactive substances for the purposes of causing an explosion by a chemical reaction;




(4) �Firearm silencer� means any device designed, made or adapted to muffle the report of a firearm;




(5) �Hoax device� means any device that reasonably appears to be or is purported to be an explosive or incendiary device and is intended to cause alarm or reaction of any type by an official of a public safety agency or a volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies;




(6) �Immediate vicinity� refers to the area within the person's immediate control within which the person has ready access to the ammunition;




(7) �Knife� means any bladed hand instrument that is capable of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by cutting or stabbing a person with the instrument;




(8) �Knuckles� means any instrument that consists of finger rings or guards made of a hard substance and that is designed, made or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious bodily injury or death by striking a person with a fist enclosed in the knuckles;




(9) �Machine gun� means any firearm that is capable of shooting more than two (2) shots automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger;




(10) �Restricted firearm ammunition� means any cartridge containing a bullet coated with a plastic substance with other than a lead or lead alloy core or a jacketed bullet with other than a lead or lead alloy core or a cartridge of which the bullet itself is wholly composed of a metal or metal alloy other than lead. �Restricted firearm ammunition� does not include shotgun shells or solid plastic bullets;




(11) �Rifle� means any firearm designed, made or adapted to be fired from the shoulder and to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of the trigger;




(12) �Short barrel� means a barrel length of less than sixteen inches (16�) for a rifle and eighteen inches (18�) for a shotgun, or an overall firearm length of less than twenty-six inches (26�);




(13) �Shotgun� means any firearm designed, made or adapted to be fired from the shoulder and to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth-bore barrel either a number of ball shot or a single projectile by a single function of the trigger;




(14) �Switchblade knife� means any knife that has a blade which opens automatically by:




(A) Hand pressure applied to a button or other device in the handle; or




(B) Operation of gravity or inertia; and




(15) �Unloaded� means the rifle, shotgun or handgun does not have ammunition in the chamber, cylinder, clip or magazine, and no clip or magazine is in the immediate vicinity of the weapon.


[Acts 1989, ch. 591, � 1; 1990, ch. 1029, � 1; 2001, ch. 375, �� 1, 2.]

 

 

 

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39-17-1302. Prohibited weapons. �





(a) A person commits an offense who intentionally or knowingly possesses, manufactures, transports, repairs or sells:




(1) An explosive or an explosive weapon;




(2) A device principally designed, made or adapted for delivering or shooting an explosive weapon;




(3) A machine gun;




(4) A short-barrel rifle or shotgun;




(5) A firearm silencer;




(6) Hoax device;




(7) A switchblade knife or knuckles; or




(8) Any other implement for infliction of serious bodily injury or death that has no common lawful purpose.




(b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person's conduct:




(1) Was incident to the performance of official duty and pursuant to military regulations in the army, navy, air force, coast guard or marine service of the United States or the Tennessee national guard, or was incident to the performance of official duty in a governmental law enforcement agency or a penal institution;




(2) Was incident to engaging in a lawful commercial or business transaction with an organization identified in subdivision (b)(1);




(3) Was incident to using an explosive or an explosive weapon in a manner reasonably related to a lawful industrial or commercial enterprise;




(4) Was incident to using the weapon in a manner reasonably related to a lawful dramatic performance or scientific research;




(5) Was incident to displaying the weapon in a public museum or exhibition;




(6) Was licensed by the state of Tennessee as a manufacturer, importer or dealer in weapons; provided, that the manufacture, import, purchase, possession, sale or disposition of weapons is authorized and incident to carrying on the business for which licensed and is for scientific or research purposes or sale or disposition to an organization designated in subdivision (b)(1);




(7) Involved acquisition or possession of a sawed-off shotgun, sawed-off rifle, machine gun or firearm silencer that is validly registered to the person under federal law in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Records. A person who acquires or possesses a firearm registered as required by this subdivision (b)(7) shall retain proof of registration; or




(8) Involved the manufacture and sale of an automatic knife; provided, that the sale of such knife was limited to:




(A) Retail establishments that represent in writing under oath before a notary public that they only sell the knives to law enforcement officers, military personnel and emergency medical technicians;




(B) Law enforcement officers;




(C) Military personnel; or




(D) Emergency medical technicians.




(c) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that:




(1) The person's conduct was relative to dealing with the weapon solely as a curio, ornament or keepsake, and if the weapon is a type described in subdivisions (a)(1)-(5), that it was in a nonfunctioning condition and could not readily be made operable; or




(2) The possession was brief and occurred as a consequence of having found the weapon or taken it from an aggressor.




(d) (1) An offense under subdivision (a)(1) is a Class B felony.




(2) An offense under subdivisions (a)(2)-(5) is a Class E felony.




(3) An offense under subdivision (a)(6) is a Class C felony.




(4) An offense under subdivisions (a)(7)-(8) is a Class A misdemeanor.


[Acts 1989, ch. 591, � 1; 1990, ch. 1029, �� 2, 11; 2001, ch. 375, �� 3, 4; 2002, ch. 849, � 5; 2006, ch. 798, � 1.]

 

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