"semi-automatic" means a firearm which fires a single projectile for each pull of the trigger and is self-reloading or
automatically chambers a round, cartridge or bullet. For purposes of this paragraph "pistol grip" means a well defined
handle, similar to that found on a handgun, that protrudes conspicuously beneath the action of the weapon, and which
permits the shotgun to be held and fired with one hand;
4. A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a firearm into an assault firearm, or any combination
of parts from which an assault firearm may be readily assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control
of the same person.
"Body armor penetrating bullets" means any bullet designed for use in handguns and whose core or jacket, if the jacket
is thicker than .025 of an inch, is of tungsten carbide or hard bronze or is made of other material which is harder than
a rating of 72 or greater on the Rockwell B. Hardness Scale and is capable of breaching or penetrating body armor.
"Chief of police" or "chief police officer" means the highest ranking member of a municipal police department.
"Firearm or firearms" means any handgun, rifle, shotgun, machine gun, assault firearm, automatic or semi-automatic
rifle, or any gun, device or instrument in the nature of a weapon from which may be fired or ejected any solid projectile,
ball, slug, pellet, missile or bullet, or any gas, vapor or other noxious thing, by means of a cartridge or shell or by the
action of an explosive or the igniting of flammable or explosive substances. It shall also include, without limitation, any
firearm which is in the nature of an air gun, spring gun or pistol or other weapon of a similar nature in which the
propelling force is a spring, elastic band, carbon dioxide, compressed or other gas, or vapor, air or compressed air, or
is ignited by compressed air, and ejecting a bullet or missile smaller than three-eighths of an inch in diameter, with
sufficient force to injure a person.
"Gunsmith" means a person who is in the business of repairing or servicing firearms.
"Handgun" means any pistol, revolver, or other firearm originally designed or manufactured to be fired by the use of
a single hand.
"Large capacity ammunition magazine" means a box, drum, tube or other container which is capable of holding more
than 15 rounds of ammunition to be fed continuously and directly therefrom into a semi-automatic firearm.
"Machine gun" means any firearm, mechanism or instrument not requiring that the trigger be pressed for each shot and
having a reservoir, belt or other means of storing and carrying ammunition which can be loaded into the firearm,
mechanism or instrument and fired therefrom.
"Manufacturer" means any person who receives or obtains raw materials or parts and processes them into firearms or
finished parts of firearms, except a person who exclusively processes grips, stocks, and other nonmetal parts of firearms.
The term does not include a person who repairs existing firearms or receives new and raw materials or parts solely for
the repair of existing firearms.
"NICS" means the National Instant Criminal Background Check System accessed by telephone or facsimile transmission
through the Division of State Police, which retailers must contact for information on whether a person is prohibited from
receiving or possessing a firearm under State or Federal law.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm or association of any kind or nature whatsoever; any
public entity of any kind or nature; the plural as well as the singular and any gender.
"Retail dealer" means any person, including a gunsmith, except a manufacturer or a wholesale dealer, who sells,
transfers, or assigns for a fee or profit any firearm or parts of firearms or ammunition which he has purchased or obtained
with the intention, or for the purpose of reselling or reassigning to persons who are reasonably understood to be the
ultimate consumers, and includes any person who is engaged in the business of repairing firearms or who sells any
firearm to satisfy a debt secured by the pledge of a firearm.