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Statutes > Virginia > Title-18-2 > Chapter-7 > 18-2-293-1§ 18.2-293.1. What article does not prohibit.
Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with:
(1) The possession of a machine gun for scientific purposes, or thepossession of a machine gun not usable as a weapon and possessed as acuriosity, ornament, or keepsake; and
(2) The possession of a machine gun for a purpose manifestly not aggressiveor offensive.
Provided, however, that possession of such machine guns shall be subject tothe provisions of § 18.2-295.
(Code 1950, § 18.1-263; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.)
