[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 15, Volume 3]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 15CFR1150.1]



[Page 419-421]

 

                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE

 

      CHAPTER XI--TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

PART 1150_MARKING OF TOY, LOOK-ALIKE AND IMITATION FIREARMS--Table of 

Contents

 

Sec. 1150.1  Applicability.









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Part                                                                Page

1150            Marking of toy, look-alike and imitation 

                    firearms................................         421

1160            Productivity, technology and innovation.....         422

1170            Metric conversion policy for Federal 

                    agencies................................         426

1180            Transfer by Federal agencies of scientific, 

                    technical and engineering information to 

                    the National Technical Information 

                    Service.................................         428



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Sec.

1150.1 Applicability.

1150.2 Prohibitions.

1150.3 Approved markings.

1150.4 Waiver.

1150.5 Preemption.



    Authority: Section 4 of the Federal Energy Management Improvement 

Act of 1988, 15 U.S.C. 5001.



    Source: 54 FR 19358, May 5, 1989, unless otherwise noted.





    This part applies to toy, look-alike, and imitation firearms 

(``devices'') having the appearance, shape, and/or configuration of a 

firearm and produced or manufactured and entered into commerce on or 

after May 5, 1989, including devices modelled on real firearms 

manufactured, designed, and produced since 1898. This part does not 

apply to:

    (a) Non-firing collector replica antique firearms, which look 

authentic and may be a scale model but are not intended as toys modelled 

on real firearms designed, manufactured, and produced prior to 1898;

    (b) Traditional B-B, paint-ball, or pellet-firing air guns that 

expel a projectile through the force of compressed air, compressed gas 

or mechanical spring action, or any combination thereof, as described in 

American Society for Testing and Materials standard F 589-85, Standard 

Consumer Safety Specification for Non-Powder Guns, June 28, 1985. This 

incorporation by reference was approved by the Director of the Federal 

Register in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies 

may be obtained from the American Society for Testing and Materials, 

1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Copies may be inspected at the 

office of the Associate Director for Industry and Standards, National 

Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, or at 

the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information 

on the availability of this material at NARA, call 202-741-6030, or go 

to: http://www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--federal--

regulations/ibr--locations.html; and

    (c) Decorative, ornamental, and miniature objects having the 

appearance, shape and/or configuration of a firearm, including those 

intended to be displayed on a desk or worn on bracelets, necklaces, key 

chains, and so on, provided that the objects measure no more than 

thirty-eight (38) millimeters in height by seventy (70) millimeters in 

length, the length measurement excluding any gun stock length 

measurement.



[57 FR 48453, Oct. 26, 1992, as amended at 69 FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004]