202.273 - Unlawful manufacture or sale of certain metal-penetrating bullets: Exceptions; penalty. - Nevada Statutes

202.273  Unlawful manufacture or sale of certain metal-penetrating bullets: Exceptions; penalty.

      1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, it is unlawful to manufacture or sell any metal-penetrating bullet capable of being fired from a handgun.

      2.  A person may manufacture and sell metal-penetrating bullets pursuant to an agreement with a law enforcement agency for the sale of such bullets to that agency.

      3.  A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      4.  As used in this section, “metal-penetrating bullet” means a bullet whose core:

      (a) Reduces the normal expansion of the bullet upon impact; and

      (b) Is at least as hard as the maximum hardness attainable using solid red metal alloys,

Ê and which can be used in a handgun. The term does not include any bullet with a copper or brass jacket and a core of lead or a lead alloy, or a bullet made of lead or lead alloys.

      (Added to NRS by 1983, 800)