2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 237 - FIREARMS AND DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES 237.060 Definitions for KRS 237.060 to 237.090 and certain other sections.
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237.060 Definitions for KRS 237.060 to 237.090 and certain other sections.
The following definitions apply in KRS 237.060 to 237.090 and KRS 197.170,
218A.992, 244.125, 244.990, and 514.110, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Handgun" means any pistol or revolver originally designed to be fired by the
use of a single hand, or any other firearm originally designed to be fired by the
use of a single hand.
(2) "Firearm" means any weapon which will expel a projectile by the action of an
explosive.
(3) "Licensed gun dealer" means a person who has a federal firearms license and
any business license required by a state or local government entity.
(4) "Loaded" with respect to a firearm means:
(a) There is ammunition in the chamber of the firearm; or
(b) There is ammunition in the cylinder of the firearm; or
(c) There is ammunition in the magazine of a firearm, if the magazine is
attached to the firearm.
(5) "Juvenile" means a person who has not attained his eighteenth birthday.
(6) "Ammunition" means loaded ammunition designed for use in any firearm.
(7) "Armor-piercing ammunition" means a projectile or projectile core which may
be used in a handgun and which is constructed entirely (excluding the
presence of traces of other substances) from one (1) or a combination of
tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or depleted
uranium. "Armor piercing ammunition" does not include shotgun shot required
by federal or state environmental or game regulations for hunting purposes, a
frangible projectile designed for target shooting, a projectile which the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States finds is primarily intended to be
used for sporting purposes, or any other projectile or projectile core which the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States finds is intended to be used for
industrial purposes, including a charge used in an oil and gas well perforating
device.
(8) "Flanged ammunition" means ammunition with a soft lead core and having
sharp flanges which are designed to expand on impact.
Effective:July 15, 1996
History: Amended 1996 Ky. Acts ch. 191, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1996. -Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 396, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1994.
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