§ 11-47-2 - Definitions.
SECTION 11-47-2
§ 11-47-2 Definitions. – When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases are construed asfollows:
(1) "Antique firearm" is defined as that term is definedunder the provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 921.
(2) "Crime of violence" means and includes any of thefollowing crimes or an attempt to commit any of them: murder, manslaughter,rape, first or second degree sexual assault, first or second degree childmolestation, kidnapping, first and second degree arson, mayhem, robbery,burglary, breaking and entering, any felony violation involving the illegalmanufacture, sale, or delivery of a controlled substance, or possession withintent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a controlled substance classified inschedule I or schedule II of § 21-28-2.08, any violation of §21-28-4.01.1 or 21-28-4.01.2 or conspiracy to commit any violation of thesestatutes, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault or battery involving gravebodily injury, and/or assault with intent to commit any offense punishable as afelony; upon any conviction of an offense punishable as a felony offense under§ 12-29-5.
(3) "Firearm" includes any machine gun, pistol, rifle, airrifle, air pistol, "blank gun," "BB gun," or other instrument from which steelor metal projectiles are propelled, or which may readily be converted to expela projectile, except recurve, compound, or longbows, and except instrumentspropelling projectiles which are designed or normally used for a primarypurpose other than as a weapon. The frame or receiver of the weapon shall beconstrued as a firearm under the provisions of this section.
(4) "Fugitive from justice" means any person who has fledfrom any state, territory, the District of Columbia, or possession of theUnited States to avoid prosecution for a crime of violence or to avoid givingtestimony in any criminal proceeding.
(5) "Licensing authorities" means the board of policecommissioners of a city or town where the board has been instituted, the chiefof police or superintendent of police of other cities and towns having aregular organized police force, and, in towns where there is no chief of policeor superintendent of police, it means the town clerk who may issue licensesupon the recommendation of the town sergeant, and it also means any otherperson or body duly authorized by the city or town charter or by state law.
(6) "Machine gun" means any weapon which shoots, is designedto 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 alsoincludes the frame or receiver of the weapon, any combination of parts designedand intended for use in converting a weapon into a machine gun, and anycombination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if the parts arein the possession or under the control of a person.
(7) "Person" includes an individual, partnership, firm,association, or corporation.
(8) "Pistol" includes any pistol or revolver, and anyshotgun, rifle, or similar weapon with overall length less than twenty-sixinches (26"), but does not include any pistol or revolver designed for the useof blank cartridges only.
(9) "Sawed-off rifle" means any rifle with overall length ofless than twenty-six inches (26") and/or barrel length of less than sixteeninches (16").
(10) "Sawed-off shotgun" means any shotgun with overalllength of less than twenty-six inches (26") and/or barrel length of less thaneighteen inches (18").
(11) "Sell" includes let or hire, give, lend, and transfer,and "purchase" includes hire, accept, and borrow, and "purchasing" shall beconstrued accordingly.