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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350666</law_id><section_number>18.2-293.1</section_number><catch_line>What article does not prohibit</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="7" identifier="7">Crimes Involving Health and Safety</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="5">Uniform Machine Gun Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing contained in this article shall prohibit or interfere with:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a machine gun for scientific purposes, or the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a machine gun not usable as a weapon and possessed as a curiosity, ornament, or keepsake; and <a id="paragraph-1306335" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-293.1/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of a machine gun for a purpose manifestly not aggressive or offensive.
			Provided, however, that <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of such machine guns shall be subject to the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registration of machine guns" href="/18.2-295/">18.2-295</a>. <a id="paragraph-1306336" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-293.1/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-263; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
