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HOUSE BILL NO. 1796 Offered January 19, 1995 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to firearm silencers. ---------- Patrons--Woodrum, Almand, Ball, Cunningham and Guest ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 18.2-308.6 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 18.2-308.6. Possession of unregistered firearm mufflers or silencers prohibited; penalty.

It shall be unlawful for any person to possess any firearm muffler or firearm silencer which is not registered to him in. It shall be an affirmative defense if the accused proves by a preponderance of the evidence that he has properly registered the firearm muffler or firearm silencer with the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. A violation of this section shall be punishable as a Class 6 felony.