§ 3665. — Firearms possessed by convicted felons.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC3665]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART II--CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 232--MISCELLANEOUS SENTENCING PROVISIONS
Sec. 3665. Firearms possessed by convicted felons
A judgment of conviction for transporting a stolen motor vehicle in
interstate or foreign commerce or for committing or attempting to commit
a felony in violation of any law of the United States involving the use
of threats, force, or violence or perpetrated in whole or in part by the
use of firearms, may, in addition to the penalty provided by law for
such offense, order the confiscation and disposal of firearms and
ammunition found in the possession or under the immediate control of the
defendant at the time of his arrest.
The court may direct the delivery of such firearms or ammunition to
the law-enforcement agency which apprehended such person, for its use or
for any other disposition in its discretion.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 839, Sec. 3611; renumbered Sec. 3665,
Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 212(a)(1), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 1987.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 645 (June 13, 1939, ch.
197, 53 Stat. 814).
The condensation and simplification of this section clarifies its
intent to confiscate the firearms taken from persons convicted of crimes
of violence without any real change of substance.
