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Federal Gun Statutes

 

Use of a Firearm or Possession of a Firearm in furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Offense:

            Title 18, United States Code, Section 924(c)(1)(A) provides, in pertinent part:

            "Any person who, during and in relation to any crime of violence or drug trafficking

crime . . .  for which the person may be prosecuted in a court of the United States, . . . uses or

carries a firearm, or who, in furtherance of any such crime, possesses a firearm, shall in addition

to the punishment provided for such crime of violence or drug trafficking crime -

(i)  be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 5 years;

(ii)   if the firearm is brandished, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 7 years; and

(iii)   if the firearm is discharged, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not less than 10 years.”

18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A).

 

Making a False Statement during the Acquisition of a Firearm:

           18 United States Code, Section 922(a)(6) provides in pertinent part:

“It shall be unlawful –

for any person in connection with the acquisition of any firearm...knowingly to make any false or

fictitious oral or written statement…intended or likely to deceive such importer, manufacturer,

dealer or collector with respect to any fact material to the lawfulness of the sale or other

disposition of such firearm….”

18 U.S.C. § 922(a)(6).

 

Making a False Statement to a Federally Licensed Firearms Dealer:

18 United States Code, Section Section 924(a)(1)(A) makes it a crime for anyone who:

 “knowingly makes any false statement or representation with respect to the information

required by this chapter to be kept in the records of a person licensed under this chapter or in

applying for any license or exemption or relief from disability under the provisions of this chapter.”

18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(1)(A)

Updated February 24, 2020