Title 166 · ORS Chapter 166

163.320] ����� 166.210 Definitions. As used in ORS 166.250 to 166.270, 166.291 to 166.295 and 166.410 to 166.470: ����� (1) �Antique firearm� means: ����� (a) Any firearm, including any firearm

Citation: ORS 163.320

Section: 163.320

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����� 166.210 Definitions. As used in ORS 166.250 to 166.270, 166.291 to 166.295 and 166.410 to 166.470:

����� (1) �Antique firearm� means:

����� (a) Any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898; and

����� (b) Any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the replica:

����� (A) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or

����� (B) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and that is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.

����� (2) �Corrections officer� has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355.

����� (3) �Firearm� means a weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of powder.

����� (4) �Firearms silencer� means any device for silencing, muffling or diminishing the report of a firearm.

����� (5) �Frame� has the meaning given that term in 27 C.F.R. 478.12.

����� (6) �Handgun� means any pistol or revolver using a fixed cartridge containing a propellant charge, primer and projectile, and designed to be aimed or fired otherwise than from the shoulder.

����� (7) �Machine gun� means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, which is designed or modified to allow two or more shots to be fired by a single pressure on the trigger device.

����� (8) �Major component� has the meaning given that term in 18 U.S.C. 922.

����� (9) �Minor� means a person under 18 years of age.

����� (10) �Offense� has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.505.

����� (11) �Parole and probation officer� has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355.

����� (12) �Peace officer� has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.005.

����� (13) �Receiver� has the meaning given that term in 27 C.F.R. 478.12.

����� (14) �Security exemplar� has the meaning given that term in 18 U.S.C. 922.

����� (15) �Short-barreled rifle� means a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle if the weapon has an overall length of less than 26 inches.

����� (16) �Short-barreled shotgun� means a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun if the weapon has an overall length of less than 26 inches.

����� (17) �Undetectable firearm� means a firearm:

����� (a) Constructed or produced, including through a three-dimensional printing process, entirely of nonmetal substances;

����� (b) That, after removal of grips, stocks and magazines, is not as detectable as a security exemplar by a walk-through metal detector calibrated to detect the security exemplar; or

����� (c) That includes a major component that, if subjected to inspection by the types of X-ray machines commonly used at airports, would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component.

����� (18)(a) �Unfinished frame or receiver� means a forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body or similar item that:

����� (A) Is designed to or may readily be completed, assembled or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver; or

����� (B) Is marketed or sold to the public to be completed, assembled or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver.

����� (b) �Unfinished frame or receiver� does not include a component designed and intended for use in an antique firearm. [Amended by 1977 c.769 �1; 1979 c.779 �3; 1989 c.839 �1; 1993 c.735 �14; 1995 c.670 �3; 1999 c.1040 �2; 2001 c.666 ��32,44; 2003 c.614 �7; 2007 c.368 �1; 2009 c.610 �4; 2023 c.229 �1]

����� 166.220 Unlawful use of weapon. (1) A person commits the crime of unlawful use of a weapon if the person:

����� (a) Attempts to use unlawfully against another, or carries or possesses with intent to use unlawfully against another, any dangerous or deadly weapon as defined in ORS