Citation(s) from the GunPolicy.org literature library
US BATFE. 2021 ‘National Firearms Act Registered Weapons by State (April 2020).’ Firearms Commerce In The United States. Annual Statistical Update 2020. Washington DC: US Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). 1 January
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National Firearms Act Registered Weapons by State (April 2020)
Machinegun(3): 726,951
Short Barreled Rifle(5): 460,544
Short Barreled Shotgun(6): 158,059
Total: 1,436,138
(3) Machinegun is defined as any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
(4) Silencer is defined as any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for the use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.
(6) Short-barreled shotgun is defined as a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length, and any weapon made from a shotgun, whether by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if such weapon as modified has an overall length of less than 26 inches.