§ 750.224cArmor piercing ammunition; manufacture, distribution, sale, or use prohibited;

exceptions; violation as felony; penalty; definitions; exemption of projectile or projectile
 core; rule.
 Sec. 224c.


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    (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a person shall not manufacture, distribute, sell, or
 use armor piercing ammunition in this state. A person who willfully violates this section is
 guilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 4 years, or by a fine of not
 more than $2,000.00, or both.
    (2) This section does not apply to either of the following:
    (a) A person who manufactures, distributes, sells, or uses armor piercing ammunition in this
 state, if that manufacture, distribution, sale, or use is not in violation of chapter 44 of title 18
 of the United States Code.
    (b) A licensed dealer who sells or distributes armor piercing ammunition in violation of this
 section if the licensed dealer is subject to license revocation under chapter 44 of title 18 of the
 United States Code for that sale or distribution.
    (3) As used in this section:
    (a) "Armor piercing ammunition" means a projectile or projectile core which may be used
 in a pistol and which is constructed entirely, excluding the presence of traces of other
 substances, of tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, beryllium copper, or a combination of
 tungsten alloys, steel, iron, brass, bronze, or beryllium copper. Armor piercing ammunition
 does not include any of the following:
    (i) Shotgun shot that is required by federal law or by a law of this state to be used for
 hunting purposes.
    (ii) A frangible projectile designed for target shooting.
    (iii) A projectile that the director of the department of state police finds is primarily intended
 to be used for sporting purposes.
    (iv) A projectile or projectile core that the director of the department of state police finds is
 intended to be used for industrial purposes.
    (b) "Licensed dealer" means a person licensed under chapter 44 of title 18 of the United
 States Code to deal in firearms or ammunition.
    (4) The director of the department of state police shall exempt a projectile or projectile core
 under subsection (3)(a)(iii) or (iv) if that projectile or projectile core is exempted under
 chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code. The director of state police shall exempt a
 projectile or projectile core under subsection (3)(a)(iii) or (iv) only by a rule promulgated in
 compliance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of
 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.