VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 18.640
Plastic Firearm—Definition
A plastic firearm is any firearm containing less than 3.7 ounces of electromagnetically
detectable metal in the barrel, slide, cylinder, frame or receiver, of which, when subjected to
inspection by X-ray machines commonly used at airports, does not generate an image that
accurately depicts its shape.
History
Virginia Model Jury Instructions – Criminal, Release 26, October 2025. The unannotated set, posted by the Supreme Court of Virginia at vacourts.gov; the book states that it is made available with the permission of the publisher, Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.
Provenance
- Source
- vacourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-11
- Edition
- crim-2025-10-01
- Content hash
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