As used in ORS 166.250 to 166.270, 166.291 to 166.295 and 166.410 to 166.470:
(1) “Antique firearm” means:
- (a) Any firearm, including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system, manufactured in or before 1898; and
(b) Any replica of any firearm described in paragraph (a) of this subsection if the replica:
- (A) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or
- (B) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United States and that is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade.
- (2) “Corrections officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355.
- (3) “Firearm” means a weapon, by whatever name known, which is designed to expel a projectile by the action of powder.
- (4) “Firearms silencer” means any device for silencing, muffling or diminishing the report of a firearm.
- (5) “Frame” has the meaning given that term in 27 C.F.R. 478.12.
- (6) “Handgun” means any pistol or revolver using a fixed cartridge containing a propellant charge, primer and projectile, and designed to be aimed or fired otherwise than from the shoulder.
- (7) “Machine gun” means a weapon of any description by whatever name known, loaded or unloaded, which is designed or modified to allow two or more shots to be fired by a single pressure on the trigger device.
- (8) “Major component” has the meaning given that term in 18 U.S.C. 922.
- (9) “Minor” means a person under 18 years of age.
- (10) “Offense” has the meaning given that term in ORS 161.505.
- (11) “Parole and probation officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 181A.355.
- (12) “Peace officer” has the meaning given that term in ORS 133.005.
- (13) “Receiver” has the meaning given that term in 27 C.F.R. 478.12.
- (14) “Security exemplar” has the meaning given that term in 18 U.S.C. 922.
- (15) “Short-barreled rifle” means a rifle having one or more barrels less than 16 inches in length and any weapon made from a rifle if the weapon has an overall length of less than 26 inches.
- (16) “Short-barreled shotgun” means a shotgun having one or more barrels less than 18 inches in length and any weapon made from a shotgun if the weapon has an overall length of less than 26 inches.
(17) “Undetectable firearm” means a firearm:
- (a) Constructed or produced, including through a three-dimensional printing process, entirely of nonmetal substances;
- (b) That, after removal of grips, stocks and magazines, is not as detectable as a security exemplar by a walk-through metal detector calibrated to detect the security exemplar; or
- (c) That includes a major component that, if subjected to inspection by the types of X-ray machines commonly used at airports, would not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component.
(18)
(a) “Unfinished frame or receiver” means a forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body or similar item that:
- (A) Is designed to or may readily be completed, assembled or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver; or
- (B) Is marketed or sold to the public to be completed, assembled or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver.
- (b) “Unfinished frame or receiver” does not include a component designed and intended for use in an antique firearm.
[Amended by 1977 c.769 §1; 1979 c.779 §3; 1989 c.839 §1; 1993 c.735 §14; 1995 c.670 §3; 1999 c.1040 §2; 2001 c.666 §§32,44; 2003 c.614 §7; 2007 c.368 §1; 2009 c.610 §4; 2023 c.229 §1]