§ 4704. Use of machine guns and autoloading rifles [Effective until July 1, 2024]
(a) A person engaged in hunting for wild animals shall not use, carry, or have in the person’s possession:
(1) a machine gun of any kind or description; or
(2) an autoloading rifle with a magazine capacity of over six cartridges, except a .22 caliber rifle using rim fire cartridges.
(b) [Repealed.] (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 2015, No. 61, § 16, eff. July 2, 2015; 2021, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 1, 2022.)
§ 4704. Use of machine guns, autoloading rifles, and gun suppressors [Effective July 1, 2024]
A person engaged in hunting for wild animals shall not use, carry, or have in the person’s possession:
(1) a machine gun of any kind or description;
(2) an autoloading rifle with a magazine capacity of over six cartridges, except a .22 caliber rifle using rim fire cartridges; or
(3) a gun suppressor. (Added 1961, No. 119, § 1, eff. May 9, 1961; amended 2015, No. 61, § 16, eff. July 2, 2015; 2021, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. July 1, 2022; 2021, No. 165 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. July 1, 2024.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
§ 4701. Use of gun, bow and arrow, and crossbow; legal day; dogs
§ 4703. Use of set guns; recovery for damage
§ 4704. Use of machine guns and autoloading rifles [Effective until July 1, 2024]
§ 4705. Shooting from motor vehicles or aircraft; shooting from or across highway; permit
§ 4708. Interference with hunting, fishing, or trapping
§ 4710. Safety zone; shooting prohibited
§ 4712. Tracking of injured wildlife
§ 4713. Tree stands; ground blinds
§ 4714. Importation and possession of animals for hunting
§ 4715. Remote-control hunting
§ 4716. Coyote-hunting competitions; prohibition
§ 4742a. Youth deer hunting weekend
§ 4745. Taking big game out of season prohibited; time
§ 4747. Big game taken by illegal means
§ 4748. Dogs pursuing deer or moose
§ 4782. Possession in cold storage of big game
§ 4783. Purchase and sale of big game
§ 4784. Transportation of big game
§ 4826. Taking deer damaging crops
§ 4827. Black bear doing damage
§ 4827a. Feeding bear; prohibition
§ 4828. Taking of rabbit or fur-bearing animals by landowner; selectboard; certificate; penalty
§ 4829. Person suffering damage by deer or black bear
§ 4833. Coyote Control Program
§ 4861. Fur bearing animals; taking; possession
§ 4864. Transporting beaver skins; confiscation
§ 4902. Wild birds generally; no open season; exception
§ 4904. Use of light, snares, traps
§ 4905. Birds’ nests and eggs; destroying or robbing
§ 4908. Youth turkey hunting weekend
§ 4909. Connecticut River zone
§ 4910. Enforcement discretion
§ 4922. Retrieval of covered wild animals