Activities of Vicky FORD related to 2015/0269(COD)
Plenary speeches (5)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (debate)
Control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (A8-0251/2016 - Vicky Ford) (vote)
Reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons PDF (1 MB) DOC (825 KB)
Amendments (32)
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3a) Until such time as the Commission determines which national standards and procedures for deactivation applicable by Member States until 8 April 2016 have resulted in firearms being rendered permanently unfit for use and inoperable, firearms deactivated under those prior standards and procedures should not be transferred to another Member State unless they have been deactivated pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403. Firearms which have been subject to certified deactivation under such prior standards and procedures resulting in them being rendered permanently unfit for use and inoperable should be considered as mere replicas, to which Directive 91/477/EEC does not apply unless they are capable of being converted into firearms.
Amendment 124 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3b) It should be specified in this Directive that the activities of a dealer include not only the manufacturing but also the significant modification or conversion of a firearm, such as the shortening of a complete firearm, leading to a change in its category and in addition the significant modification or conversion of essential components of firearms and of ammunition, and that, therefore, only authorised dealers should be permitted to engage in those activities. Handloading and reloading of ammunition from ammunition components for private use should not be considered a significant modification.
Amendment 132 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 c (new)
Recital 3 c (new)
(3c) As is the case with respect to the system of reporting suspicious transactions under Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, a transaction for the acquisition of complete rounds of ammunition or live primer components of ammunition, should be considered suspicious if, for example, it involves quantities uncommon for the envisaged private use, if the buyer insists on unusual payment methods, including large amounts of cash, or if the buyer appears unfamiliar with the use of the ammunition or is unwilling to provide proof of his/her identity. ___________________ 1a Regulation (EU) No 98/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the marketing and use of explosives precursors (OJ L 39, 9.2.2013, p.1).
Amendment 139 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 3 d (new)
Recital 3 d (new)
(3d) The definition of the term "firearm" under Directive 91/477/EEC should continue to exclude objects which expel a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a non-combustible propellant, for example through the operation of compressed air or another gas, including so-called airsoft and airgun devices, as well as objects which merely have the appearance of a firearm (replicas, imitations), provided in both cases that such objects cannot be converted to a firearm or do not contain an essential component which is capable of being used in a firearm. Member States should be able to regulate such objects under their national law.
Amendment 192 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 7 a (new)
Recital 7 a (new)
(7a) The acquisition and possession of firearms should only be permitted if, inter alia, there is good cause. It should be possible for Member States, whilst not being under any obligation in that regard, to find that the acquisition and possession of firearms for the purpose of, for example, hunting, target shooting, reservist training, various scientific, technical or testing activities and re- enactment of historical events, filmmaking or historical study can constitute a legitimate purpose.
Amendment 212 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 8 a (new)
Recital 8 a (new)
(8a) In order to increase the traceability of firearms and essential components and to facilitate their free movement, the provisions of Directive 91/477/EEC should be clarified to ensure that each assembled firearm and, where practicable, each essential component, whether included in an assembled firearm or not, are marked irremovably, without delay, at the time of their being manufactured, imported or otherwise placed on the market, unless the firearm has been deactivated in accordance with that Directive, or if they are considered as antiques under national law, or if they are destined for persons authorised pursuant to Article 6(2), provided they bear original markings enabling full traceability.
Amendment 242 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Firearms may be used forpotentially have a life- span of far more than 20 years. In order to ensure their traceability, records of them should be kept for an indeterminate period of time until their destruction is certified. or deactivation is certified. The requirement to continue registering firearms and essential components after deactivation should only apply to those which are already registered and to the person possessing them at the time of deactivation. That requirement should not apply to subsequent transfers of deactivated firearms or essential components or to firearms and essential components which, pursuant to national rules applicable prior to the entry into force of this Directive, have been removed from the register after deactivation.
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 14
Recital 14
(14) In order to improve the functioning of the information exchange between Member States, tvarious existing mechanisms or single points of contact or new exchange mechanisms could be used, depending on the nature of the information to be exchanged. The Commission should assess the necessary elements of a system to support such exchange of information contained in the computerised data-filing systems in place in Member States. The Commission's assessment may be accompanied, if appropriate, by a legislative proposal taking into account existing instruments regarding exchange of information.
Amendment 325 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Article 1 – point 1 – point a
Directive 91/477/EC
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
Article 1 – paragraph 1b
1b. For the purposes of this Directive, "essential component" shall mean the barrel, frame, body, receiver, slide or cylinder, bolt or breaech block and any device designed or adapted to diminish the sound caused by firingor other mechanism for containing the pressure of discharge at the rear of the chamber of a firearm which, being separate objects, are included in the category of the firearms on which they are or are intended to be mounted.
Amendment 346 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Article 1 – point 1 – point c
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 1 – paragraph 1f
Article 1 – paragraph 1f
1f. For the purposes of this Directive, "alarm and signal weapons" shall mean portable devices with a cartridge holder having a gas exit to the front, aside or on the top, which are specifically designed and constructed for the purpose of raising alarm or sending a signal and which are only designed to fire blanks, irritants, odesigned to only fire blanks, irritants, other active substances or pyrotechnic ammunition and which are not capable of being converted to expel a shot, bullet or projectile by ther active substances oron of a combustible pyrotechnic ammunitionpellant.
Amendment 411 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 2
Article 1 – point 2
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 2 – paragraph 2
Article 2 – paragraph 2
2. This Directive shall not apply to the acquisition or possession of weapons and ammunition, in accordance with national law, by the armed forcesnational defence forces, encompassing all units and persons under their command including the military, the police, or other public authorities or bodies. Nor shall it apply to commercial transfers of weapons and ammunition of war.
Amendment 439 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EC
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that any firearm or part placed on the market has been marked and registered in compliance with this Directive.
Amendment 442 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
For the purposes of identifying and tracing each assembled firearm, Member States shall, at the time ofwithout delay after manufacture of each firearm, or at the time of import ts being placed on the market or imported into the Union, require a unique marking including the name of the manufacturer, the country or place of manufacture, the serial number and the year of manufacture, if not already part of the serial number. This shall be without prejudice to the affixing of the manufacturer's trademark, and shall not apply to firearms and essential components either considered as antiques under national law or destined for persons authorised pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6, provided they bear original markings permitting full traceability.
Amendment 466 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The marking shall be affixed to the receiver or the frame of the firearm.
Amendment 478 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 3
Article 1 – point 3
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 4
Furthermore, Member States shall ensure, at the time of transfer of a firearm from government stocks to permanent civilian use, the unique marking permitting identification of the transferring government. Firearms classified in category A must first have been deactivated in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 10b, save in the case of transfers to persons granted authorisations pursuant to the first or the second subparagraph of Article 6.
Amendment 487 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Article 1 – point 4 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – second sentence
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1 – second sentence
This at data-filing system shall record each firearm's type, make, model, calibre and serial numberall information relating to firearms which is needed in order to trace and identify those firearms. That information shall include each firearm's type, make, model, calibre and serial number, and any conversions or modifications to a firearm, including its certified deactivation or destruction and the date thereof, as well as the names and addresses of the supplier and theof each person acquiring or possessing the firearm. The record of firearms, including deactivated firearms, shall be maintained until destruction of, including the dates of acquisition and, where applicable, the end of possession or transfer to another person unless such transfer concerns a firearm which has been registered as deactivated. The current records relating to each firearm and the person possessing it shall be accessible to all authorised authorities. All records relating to the firearm shasll been certified by the competent authorities maintained in an electronically retrievable format for an indefinite period.
Amendment 498 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Article 1 – point 4 – point b
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4
Each Member State shall ensure that the registries of the dealers and brokers established in their territory are connected to the computerised data-filing system of firearmport transactions involving firearms and essential components to the national competent authority within a period of time which shall not exceed 10 days.
Amendment 674 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 7 a (new)
Article 1 – point 7 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10
Article 10
(7a) Article 10 is replaced by the following: "The arrangements for the acquisition of ammunition and possession of ammunition containing a single projectile shall be the same as those for the possession of the firearms for which the ammunition is intended." (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:31991L0477&from= The acquisition of ammunition shall be permitted only for persons who are allowed to possess a firearm or persons authorised pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 6." Or. en)
Amendment 690 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8
Article 1 – point 8
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 b
Article 10 b
1. Member States shall make arrangements forensure that the deactivation of firearms to be verified by a competent authority in order to ensure that the modifications made to a firearm render it irreversibly inoperableis carried out in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex III. This shall not apply to firearms deactivated prior to 8 April 2016, unless those firearms are transferred to another Member State or placed on the market. Deactivation of firearms shall be carried out by public or private entities, or by individuals, authorised to do so in accordance with national legislation. Member States shall, in the con designate a competexnt of this verification, provide for the issuance of a certificate or record attesting to the deactivation of the firearm or the apposition of a clearly visiblauthority (the "verifying entity") to verify that the deactivation of the firearm concerned has been carried out in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex III. Where the deactivation of the firearm has been carried out in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex III, the verifying entity shall: (a) affix a common unique marking to that effect on the firearm. The Commission shall adoptall components modified for the deactivation of the firearm; and (b) issue a deactivation certificate to the owner of the firearm. Where the firearm is recorded in the computerised data-filing system referred to in Article 4(4), its deactivation shall be entered in the record relating to it. Member States may introduce additional measures for the deactivation standof fireardms and techniques to ensuin their territory going beyond the technical specifications set out in Annex III. 2. The Commission is empowered that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13b(2)o adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13a to update Annex III, taking into account, where necessary, any additional measures introduced by Member States in accordance with the sixth subparagraph of paragraph 1. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing templates for the common unique marking and the model certificate for deactivated firearms. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 13b(2). 4. By 31 December 2016 the Commission, after consulting Member States and relevant stakeholders, shall identify which national deactivation standards and techniques applied by Member States before 8 April 2016 ensured that firearms were rendered permanently unfit for use and inoperable, and shall provide for recognition of certified deactivations performed in accordance with such deactivation standards and techniques.
Amendment 701 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Article 1 – point 8 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 10 b a (new)
Article 10 b a (new)
(8a) The following Article is inserted: "Article 10ba 1. Member States shall take measures to ensure that automatic firearms that have been converted into semi-automatic firearms cannot be reconverted into automatic firearms. 2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13a establishing technical specifications to ensure that semi-automatic firearms which have been converted from originally automatic firearms cannot be reconverted into automatic firearms."
Amendment 712 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 – paragraph 4
Article 13 – paragraph 4
4. The competent authorities of the Member States shall exchaMember States shall ensure the efficient exchange of information by electronic means, in accordance with applicable data protection rules, either directly or through single informationpoints of contact, on the authorisations granted for the transfers of firearms to another Member State as well as information with regard to refusals to grant authorisations as definedprovided for in Article 7.
Amendment 721 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 9
Article 1 – point 9
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 – paragraph 5
Article 13 – paragraph 5
5. The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13a concerning the modalities ofdetailed arrangements for the exchange of information on authorisations granted and on refusalsor refused. The Commission shall adopt the first such delegated act by ... [insert date].
Amendment 723 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
Article 13 a – paragraph 2
2. The delegation of power referred to in Article 13power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 10b(2) and (4), Article 10ba and Article 13(5) shall be conferred on the Commission for an indeterminate period of time from ... [the date of entry into force of this Amending Directive].
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 3
Article 13 a – paragraph 3
3. The delegation of power referred to in Article 130b(2) and (4), Article 10ba and Article 13(5) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision tof revocationke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.
Amendment 725 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 13 a – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making of 13 April 2016.
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 10
Article 1 – point 10
Directive 91/477/EEC
Article 13 a – paragraph 5
Article 13 a – paragraph 5
5. A delegated act adopted pursuant toArticle 10b(2) and (4), Article 10ba and Article 13(5) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of 2two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by 2two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 12
Article 1 – point 12
Directive 91/477/EC
Article 17 – paragraph 1
Article 17 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall submit every five years submit a report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Directive, accompanied, if appropriate, by proposals in particular as regards the categories of firearms of Annex I and the issues related to new technologies such as 3D printing. The first report shall be submitted by ... [two years after the date of entry into force of this Amending Directive] and shall include an assessment of the impacts of 3D printing on this Directive.
Amendment 756 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6
6. Automatic firearms which have beennot been permanently converted into semi- automatic firearms;
Amendment 757 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6 a (new)
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6 a (new)
6a. Parts such as auto sears, drop in kits, trigger mechanisms and other parts that are designed to convert semi- automatic firearms into firearms with automatic mode of operation;
Amendment 758 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Article 1 – point 13 – point a – point i
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6 b (new)
Annex I – part II – point A – category A – point 6 b (new)
6b. Semi-automatic rifles or shotguns (i.e. firearms that are originally intended to be fired from the shoulder) that can be reduced to a length of less than 60cm without losing functionality by means of a folding or telescoping stock or by a stock that can be removed without using tools;
Amendment 832 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Article 1 – point 14 – point a
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex I – Part III – point a
Annex I – Part III – point a
(a) point (a) is deleted; replaced by the following: "(a) are deactivated firearms, provided that deactivation has been carried out: (i) in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex III; or (ii) before [the date of application of Amending Directive] in accordance with the technical specifications set out in Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403; or (iii) prior to 8 April 2016: – in accordance with any national deactivation standards and techniques applied by Member States and established by the Commission pursuant to Article 10b(4); or – in accordance with the national deactivation standards and techniques applied by Member States, provided that the deactivated firearm is not transferred to another Member State or placed on the market; or – in accordance with a cut-through- slot procedure, meaning that a slot has been cut through the chamber wall of a minimum of 4mm width and into the barrel along at least 50% of the barrel length and the barrel has been securely pinned or welded to the receiver/frame, and conversion to expel a shot, bullet or projectile by the action of a combustible propellant is not possible;"
Amendment 842 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Article 1 – point 14 a (new)
Directive 91/477/EEC
Annex III (new)
Annex III (new)
(14a) The following Annex is added: ‘Annex III (new) Technical specifications for the deactivation of firearms The deactivation operations to be performed in order to render firearms irreversibly inoperable are defined on the basis of three tables: Table I lists the different types of firearms, Table II describes the operations to be performed to render each essential component of firearms irreversibly inoperable, Table III sets out which deactivation operations are to be performed for the various types of firearm. TABLE I: List of types of firearms TYPES OF FIREARMS 1 Pistols (single shot, semi-automatic) 2 Revolvers (including cylinder-loading revolvers) 3 Single-shot long firearms (not break action) 4 Break action firearms (e.g. smoothbore, rifled, combination, falling/rolling block action, short and long firearms) 5 Repeating long firearms (smoothbore, rifled) 6 Semi-automatic long firearms (smoothbore, rifled) 7 (Full) automatic firearms, e.g. selected assault rifles, submachine guns, full automatic pistols (not crew-served machine guns) 8 Muzzle-loading firearms TABLE II: Specific operations per component COMPONENT PROCESS 1. BARREL 1.1. If the barrel is fixed to the frame (1), pin the barrel to action with a hardened steel pin (diameter > 50 % chamber, minimum 4,5 mm) through the chamber and frame. The pin must be welded (2). 1.2. If the barrel is free (not fixed), cut a longitudinal slot through the full length of the chamber wall (width > ½ calibre and maximum 8 mm) and securely weld a plug or a rod into the barrel from the start of the chamber (L ≥ 2/3rd barrel length). For smoothbore barrels, only the chamber requires permanently blocking with a plug of the same length as the chamber. 1.3. Within the first third of the barrel from the chamber, either drill holes (must have a minimum of 2/3rds of the diameter of the bore for smoothbore arms and the whole diameter of the bore for all other arms; one behind the other, 3 for short arms, 6 for long arms) or cut, after the chamber, a V slot (angle 60 ± 5°) opening locally the barrel or cut, after the chamber, a longitudinal slot (width 8-10 mm ± 0,5 mm, length ≥ 52 mm) at the same position as the holes, or cut a longitudinal slot (width 4-6 mm ± 0,5 mm) from the chamber to the muzzle, except 5 mm at the muzzle. 1.4. For barrels with a feed ramp, remove the feed ramp. 1.5. Prevent removal of the barrel from the frame by use of hardened steel pin or by welding. 1.6. Fix a rod in the barrel forcing cone (L>2/3rd barrel length). Weld into forcing cone. Pin the barrel (through forcing cone) to the frame and weld pin. Drill a hole 2/3rd bore diameter within the first third of the barrel from the forcing cone and weld the rod to the barrel through the drilled hole 2. BREECH BLOCK, 2.1. Remove or shorten firing pin. BOLT HEAD 2.2. Machine the bolt face with an angle of at least 45 degrees and on a surface larger than 50 % of the breech face. 2.3. Weld the firing pin hole. 3. CYLINDER 3.1. Remove all internal walls from cylinder for a minimum of 2/3rd of its length by machining a circular ring 50% case diameter. 3.2. Where possible, weld to prevent the removal of the cylinder from the frame or appropriate measures such as pinning that render the removal impossible. 4. SLIDE 4.1. Machine or remove more than 50 % of the breech face with an angle between 45 and 90 degrees. 4.2. Remove or shorten the firing pin. 4.3. Machine and weld the firing pin hole. 4.4. Machine away at least 2/3rd of the locking lugs in slide 4.5. Where applicable, machine the inside of the upper forward edge of the ejection port in the slide to an angle of 45 degrees. 5. FRAME (PISTOLS) 5.1. Remove feed ramp. 5.2. Machine away at least 2/3 of the slide rails on both sides of the frame. 5.3. Weld the slide stop or use appropriate measures if welding is not possible. 5.4. Prevent disassembly of polymer frame pistols by welding, bonding or use appropriate measures if welding or bonding is not possible. 6. AUTOMATIC 6.1. Destroy the piston and the gas system by cutting or welding. SYSTEM 6.2. Remove the breech block, replace it by a steel piece and weld it or reduce the breech block by 50 % minimum, weld it and cut off locking lugs from the bolt head. 6.3. Weld the trigger mechanism together and, if possible, with the frame. If welding within the frame is not possible: remove the firing mechanism and fill the empty space appropriately (e.g. by gluing in a fitting piece of filling with epoxy resin). 7. ACTION 7.1. Machine a cone of 60 degrees minimum (apex angle), in order to obtain a base diameter equal to 1 cm at least or the diameter of the breech face. 7.2. Remove the firing pin, enlarge the firing pin hole at a minimum diameter of 5 mm and weld the firing pin hole. 8. MAGAZINE (where 8.1. Weld the magazine with spots or use appropriate measures, applicable) depending on the type of arm and material to prevent removing the magazine. 8.2. If the magazine is missing, place spots of weld in the magazine location or fix a lock to permanently prevent the insertion of a magazine. 8.3. Drive hardened steel pin through magazine, chamber and frame. Secure by weld. 9. MUZZLE 9.1. Remove or weld the nipple(s), weld the hole(s). LOADING 10. SOUND 10.1. Prevent removal of the sound moderator from the barrel by MODERATOR use of hardened steel pin or weld if the sound moderator is part of the weapon. 10.2. Remove all the inner parts and their attachment points of the moderator so that only a tube remains. Drill two holes in the casing (5mm) in diameter near the point the sound moderator attaches to the barrel. Hardness of inserts Hardened steel rod or pin TABLE III: Specific operations per essential components of each type of firearm TYPE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PROCESS Pistols Revolvers Single- Break action Repeating Semi- Automatic Muzzle (excepted shot firearms long automatic firearms: loading automatic) long (smoothbore, firearms long assault firearms firearms rifled, (smoothbore, firearms rifles, (sub) (not combination) rifled) (smoothbore, machine break rifled) guns action) 1.1 X X X X 1.2 and X X X X X X X 1.3 1.4 X X X 1.5 1.6 X 2.1 X X X X 2.2 X X X X 2.3 X X X X 3.1 X 3.2 X 4.1 X X (for automatic pistols) 4.2 X X (for automatic pistols) 4.3 X X (for automatic pistols) 4.4 X X (for automatic pistols) 4.5 X X X (for automatic pistols) 5.1 X X (for automatic pistols) 5.2 X X (for automatic pistols) 5.3 X X (for automatic pistols) 5.4 X X (for (polymer automatic frame) pistols) 6.1 X X 6.2 X X 6.3 X 6.4 X 7.1 X 7.2 X X 8.1 or X X X X 8.2 8.3 X X (magazine (magazine tube) tube) 9.1 X X 10.1 X X X X X 10.2 X X X X X X (1) Barrel fixed to the frame by screwing or clamping or by another process. (2) Welding is a fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing fusion.