Title 18 United States Code



§ 231. Civil disorders



  (a)

 

    (1) Whoever teaches or demonstrates to any other person the use,

application, or making of any firearm or explosive or incendiary device,

or technique capable of causing injury or death to persons, knowing or

having reason to know or intending that the same will be unlawfully

employed for use in, or in furtherance of, a civil disorder which may in

any way or degree obstruct, delay, or adversely affect commerce or the

movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or

performance of any federally protected function; or 



    (2) Whoever transports or manufactures for transportation in

commerce any firearm, or explosive or incendiary device, knowing or

having reason to know or intending that the same will be used unlawfully

in furtherance of a civil disorder; or



    (3) Whoever commits or attempts to commit any act to obstruct,

impede, or interfere with any fireman or law enforcement officer

lawfully engaged in the lawful performance of his official duties

incident to and during the commission of a civil disorder which in any

way or degree obstructs, delays, or adversely affects commerce or the

movement of any article or commodity in commerce or the conduct or

performance of any federally protected function - 



Shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five

years, or both. 



  (b) Nothing contained in this section shall make unlawful any act of

any law enforcement officer which is performed in the lawful performance

of his official duties.



§ 371. Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States



If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the

United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in

any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any

act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined not more

than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. 



If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the

conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy

shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor. 



§ 922. Unlawful acts



  (o)



    (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for

any person to transfer or possess a machinegun. 

          

    (2) This subsection does not apply with respect to - 

             

      (A) a transfer to or by, or possession by or under the authority

of, the United States or any department or agency thereof or a State, or

a department, agency, or political subdivision thereof; or 

            

      (B) any lawful transfer or lawful possession of a machinegun that

was lawfully possessed before the date this subsection takes effect.