Colorado legal term
Machine gun in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Machine gun” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Machine gun” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Machine gun" means any firearm, whatever its size and usual designation, that shoots automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. (C.R.S. § 18-12-101)
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