18 U.S.C. § 3665 — Firearms possessed by convicted felons
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 122 words · no verdicts yet
A qualifying conviction may also allow the court to confiscate firearms and ammunition found with the defendant at arrest.
A judgment convicting a person of transporting a stolen motor vehicle across State or national borders, or of committing or attempting a federal felony involving threats, force, violence, or firearms, may also order the confiscation and disposal of firearms and ammunition that were in the defendant’s possession or immediate control when arrested. The court may direct that they be delivered to the law-enforcement agency* that arrested the person for the agency’s use or another disposition the court chooses.
A judgment of conviction for transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate or foreign commerce or for committing or attempting to commit a felony in violation of any law of the United States involving the use of threats, force, or violence or perpetrated in whole or in part by the use of firearms, may, in addition to the penalty provided by law for such offense, order the confiscation and disposal of firearms and ammunition found in the possession or under the immediate control of the defendant at the time of his arrest.
The court may direct the delivery of such firearms or ammunition to the law-enforcement agency* which apprehended such person, for its use or for any other disposition in its discretion.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 839, § 3611; renumbered § 3665, Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 839
- 1984Amended · Pub. L. 98-473 · 98 Stat. 1987
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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