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urn: urn:us-la:rs:40:1810
citation: "R.S. 40:1810"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 40 › Chapter 9 › Part IV"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1983, number: 284, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Definitions

As used in this Part, "armor-piercing bullet" shall mean any bullet, except a shotgun shell or ammunition primarily designed for use in rifles, that:

(1) Has a steel inner core or core of equivalent density and hardness, truncated cone, and is designed for use in a pistol or revolver as a body armor or metal piercing bullet; or

(2) Has been primarily manufactured or designed, by virtue of its shape, cross-sectional density, or any coating applied thereto, to breach or penetrate body armor when fired from a handgun.