VA · jury_instructions
Va. Model Jury Instr. Crim. No. 47.160
Definition of a “Firearm”
A firearm is any handgun, shotgun, or rifle that either will, or is designed to, or may readily be
converted to, expel single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible
material.
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
43cca65901513e3850d71200e802ba1432244055189256c338d3c7521d5b05b9
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