18.2-300 - Possession or use of "sawed-off" shotgun or rifle. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-300. Possession or use of "sawed-off" shotgun or rifle.

A. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle in theperpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2felony.

B. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle forany other purpose, except as permitted by this article and official use bythose persons permitted possession by § 18.2-303, is a Class 4 felony.

(Code 1950, § 18.1-268.2; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 710; 1992,c. 580.)