18.2-308.5 - Manufacture, import, sale, transfer or possession of plastic firearm prohibited. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-308.5. Manufacture, import, sale, transfer or possession of plasticfirearm prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, transfer orpossess any plastic firearm. As used in this section, "plastic firearm"means any firearm, including machine guns and sawed-off shotguns as definedin this chapter, containing less than 3.7 ounces of electromagneticallydetectable metal in the barrel, slide, cylinder, frame or receiver of which,when subjected to inspection by X-ray machines commonly used at airports,does not generate an image that accurately depicts its shape. A violation ofthis section shall be punishable as a Class 5 felony.

(1989, c. 663; 2004, c. 995.)