53-5a-601. Definitions.
As used in this part:
(1) "Antique firearm" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 53-5a-101.5
(2) "Bureau" means the Bureau of Criminal Identification created in Sectionwithin the department. 53-10-201
(3) "Criminal history background check" means a criminal background check conducted through the bureau or a local law enforcement agency.
(4) "Dangerous weapon" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 76-11-101
(5) "Dealer" means a person who is: licensed under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923; and engaged in the business of selling, leasing, or otherwise transferring a firearm or handgun, whether the person is a retail or wholesale dealer, pawnbroker, or other type of merchant or seller.
(6) "Domestic violence" means the same as that term is defined in Section. 77-36-1
(7) "Federal firearms licensee" means a person who: holds a valid federal firearms license issued under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 923; and is engaged in the activities authorized by the specific category of license held by the person.
(8) "Firearm" means a pistol, revolver, shotgun, short barreled shotgun, rifle, or short barreled rifle, or a device that could be used as a dangerous weapon from which is expelled a projectile by action of an explosive. "Firearm" does not include an antique firearm.
(9) "NFA firearm" means a firearm as that term is defined in the National Firearms Act, 26 U.S.C. Sec. 5845.
(10) "Short barreled rifle" means a rifle having a barrel or barrels of fewer than 16 inches in length. "Short barreled rifle" includes a dangerous weapon made from a rifle by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the weapon as modified has an overall length of fewer than 26 inches.
(11) "Short barreled shotgun" means a shotgun having a barrel or barrels of fewer than 18 inches in length. "Short barreled shotgun" includes a dangerous weapon made from a shotgun by alteration, modification, or otherwise, if the weapon as modified has an overall length of fewer than 26 inches.
(12) "Shotgun" means a smooth bore firearm designed to fire cartridges containing pellets or a single slug.
(13) "Slug" means a single projectile discharged from a shotgun shell.