Prohibición de posesión y fabricación de armas de terrorismo

Explicación Simple

Esta ley prohíbe tener o hacer armas que se pueden usar para causar miedo o daño. Si alguien tiene un arma falsa que parece peligrosa, también puede meterse en problemas.

Es como si alguien llevase un juguete que parece un arma a una fiesta. Aunque no sea real, puede asustar a las personas y causar problemas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan hace una bomba de humo que parece un artefacto explosivo y la lleva a una manifestación para asustar a la gente. Aunque no haga daño, Juan podría ser acusado de un delito grave por crear miedo.

Penalidades

Las violaciones pueden resultar en cargos que van desde un delito de Clase 2 hasta un delito de Clase 6, dependiendo de la gravedad.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 18.2-46.6 - Possession, manufacture, distribution, etc., of weapon of terrorism or hoax device prohibited; penalty. A. Any person who, with the intent to commit an act of terrorism, possesses, uses, sells, gives, distributes or manufactures (i) a weapon of terrorism or (ii) a "fire bomb," "explosive material," or "device," as those terms are defined in § 18.2-85 , is guilty of a Class 2 felony. B. Any person who, with the intent to commit an act of terrorism, possesses, uses, sells, gives, distributes or manufactures any device or material that by its design, construction, content or characteristics appears to be or appears to contain a (i) weapon of terrorism or (ii) a "fire bomb," "explosive material," or "device," as those terms are defined in § 18.2-85 , but that is an imitation of any such weapon of terrorism, "fire bomb," "explosive material," or "device" is guilty of a Class 3 felony. C. Any person who, with the intent to (i) intimidate the civilian population, (ii) influence the conduct or activities of the government of the United States, a state or locality through intimidation, (iii) compel the emergency evacuation of any place of assembly, building or other structure or any means of mass transportation, or (iv) place any person in reasonable apprehension of bodily harm, uses, sells, gives, distributes or manufactures any device or material that by its design, construction, content or characteristics appears to be or appears to contain a weapon of terrorism, but that is an imitation of any such weapon of terrorism is guilty of a Class 6 felony. D. Any person who knowingly and intentionally manufactures or knowingly and intentionally distributes a weapon of terrorism when such person knows that such weapon of terrorism is, or contains, any mixture