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Code · Wisconsin · Chapter 941 — Crimes against public health and safety

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

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941.296 Use or possession of a handgun and an armor-piercing bullet during crime.
(1)In this section:
(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.
(b)“Handgun” has the meaning given in s. 175.35
(b).
(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.
(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.
(b)The person possesses an armor-piercing bullet capable of being fired from the handgun.
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