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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-202 (2026)

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As used in this subchapter:

  1. “Crime of violence” means any of the following crimes or an attempt to commit any of them:
    1. Murder;
    2. Manslaughter;
    3. Kidnapping;
    4. Rape;
    5. Mayhem;
    6. Assault to do great bodily harm;
    7. Robbery;
    8. Burglary;
    9. Housebreaking;
    10. Breaking and entering; and
    11. Larceny;
  2. “Machine gun” means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, from which more than five (5) shots or bullets may be rapidly, or automatically, or semi-automatically, discharged from a magazine, by a single function of the firing device; and
  3. “Person” includes a firm, partnership, association, or corporation.

History. Acts 1935, No. 80, § 1; Pope's Dig., § 3514; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3157.

Case Notes

Machine Gun.

Expert testimony concerning the weapon and why it would not fire more than once established a fact question for the jury concerning whether the seized weapon was a machine gun. Beck v. State, 12 Ark. App. 341, 676 S.W.2d 740 (1984).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2012–2012 · leading case: Delgado-Hernandez v. Holder, 697 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2012).
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Delgado-Hernandez v. Holder, 697 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2012). “Code § 13A-11-70(2) (offenses relating to firearms and weapons); Ark.Code Ann. § 5-73-202(l)(C) (uniform machine gun act); Colo.”
— Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-202(l)(C) — 1 case
Delgado-Hernandez v. Holder, 697 F.3d 1125 (9th Cir. 2012). “Code § 13A-11-70(2) (offenses relating to firearms and weapons); Ark.Code Ann. § 5-73-202(l)(C) (uniform machine gun act); Colo.”
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