or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition; or
(ii) uses rimfire or conventional centerfire
ammunition that is no longer manufactured in the United
States and that is not readily available in the ordinary
channels of commercial trade.
(3) A firearm, other than a machine gun, which, although
designed as a weapon, the Pennsylvania State Police finds by
reason of the date of its manufacture, value, design and
other characteristics is primarily a collector's item and is
not likely to be used as a weapon.
"Firearm." A weapon which will or is designed or restored to
expel a projectile or projectiles by the action of an explosive,
the frame or receiver of the device or a firearm muffler or
silencer. The term shall not include:
(1) An antique firearm.
(2) A device used exclusively for line throwing,
signaling or safety and required or recommended by the United
States Coast Guard or Interstate Commerce Commission.
(3) A device used exclusively for firing explosives,
rivets, stud cartridges or any similar industrial ammunition
incapable of use as a weapon.
Section 3. Registration.
(a) General rule.--All firearms in this Commonwealth shall
be registered in accordance with this section. It shall be the
duty of a person owning or possessing a firearm to cause the
firearm to be registered. No person within this Commonwealth may
possess, harbor, have under the person's control, transfer,
offer for sale, sell, give, deliver or accept a firearm unless
the person is the holder of a valid registration certificate for
the firearm. No person within this Commonwealth may possess,
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