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941.296

941.296 Use or possession of a handgun and an armor-piercing bullet during crime.

941.296(1)

(1) In this section:

941.296(1)(a)

(a) "Armor-piercing bullet" means a bullet meeting any of the following criteria: any projectile or projectile core that may be fired from any handgun and that is constructed entirely, excluding the presence of traces of other substances, from one or a combination of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper or depleted uranium.

941.296(1)(b)

(b) "Handgun" has the meaning given in s. 175.35 (1) (b).

941.296(2)

(2) Whoever uses or possesses a handgun during the commission of a crime under chs. 939 to 948 or 961 is guilty of a Class H felony under any of the following circumstances.

941.296(2)(a)

(a) The handgun is loaded with an armor-piercing bullet or a projectile or projectile core that may be fired from the handgun with a muzzle velocity of 1,500 feet per second or greater.

941.296(2)(b)

(b) The person possesses an armor-piercing bullet capable of being fired from the handgun.

941.296 - ANNOT.

History: 1993 a. 98; 1995 a. 448; 2001 a. 109.