Federal · Title 34 — Crime Control and Law Enforcement

34 U.S.C. § 10613: Definition

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute defines criteria for identifying crimes of violence, including those involving firearms, weapons, death, serious injury, or prior felony convictions. It establishes definitional elements rather than creating a criminal offense itself.

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the person carried, possessed, or used a firearm or dangerous weapon; there occurred the death of or serious bodily injury to any person; or there occurred the use of force against the person of another, without regard to whether any of the circumstances described in subparagraph (A) or (B) is an element of the offense or conduct of which or for which the person is charged or convicted; or has 1 or more prior convictions for a felony crime of violence involving the use or attempted use of force against a person with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm. has as an element, the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another, or the possession or use of a firearm; or by its nature, involves a substantial risk that physical force against the person or property of another may be used in the course of committing the offense.

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