.   provides that a restricted person may own, possess, or have under the person's custody or
control, archery equipment, including crossbows, for the purpose of lawful hunting and target
shooting;
     
and 
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4, Lines 88 through 101
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    (6) (a)  "Dangerous weapon" means:
            
89
    
    (i)  a firearm; or
            
90
    
    (ii)  an 
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item
  }
      
object
     
 that in the manner of its 
     {  
unlawful
  }
 use or intended
     {  
unlawful
  }
 use is capable
            
91
    
of causing death or serious bodily injury.
            
92
    
    (b)  The following factors [shall be] are used in determining whether [a knife, or
            
93
    
another item] any 
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instrument,
  }
 object
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, or thing
  }
 [not commonly known as a dangerous weapon]
            
94
    
other than a firearm is a dangerous weapon:
            
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    (i)  the
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character of the instrument,
  }
      
location and circumstances in which the
     
object
     {  
,
or thing
  }
      
was used or possessed;
    (ii) the primary purpose for which the object was made
 
;
            
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 {  
(ii)
  }
      
(iii)
     
  the character of the wound, if any, produced[, if any] by 
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its
  }
      
the object's
     
unlawful use;
            
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(iii)
  }
      
(iv)
     
  the manner in which the 
     {  
instrument,
  }
 object
     {  
, or thing
  }
 was
unlawfully used; and
            
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(iv)
  }
      
(v)
     
  the [
other] lawful purposes for which the 
     {  
instrument,
  }
 object
     {  
, or
thing
  }
 may be used.
 
            
99
    
    
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(c)  Unless specifically identified elsewhere in this code, nothing other than a firearm is
            
100
    
considered a de facto dangerous weapon, and a determination made pursuant to Subsection
            
101
    
(6)(b) may be made only after an instrument, object or thing is used in an unlawful manner.
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    (b)  physically possesses, uses, or has under the person's immediate custody or control
            
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any dangerous weapon other than a firearm 
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while committing any felony or other violent
            
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criminal offense
  }
  
in a manner that constitutes a potential imminent threat to public safety
     
 is guilty
of a third degree felony.
            
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    (3)  A Category II restricted person who intentionally or knowingly:
            
183
    
    (a)  purchases, transfers, possesses, uses, or has under the person's custody or control[:
            
184
    
(a)] any firearm is guilty of a third degree felony; or
            
185
    
    (b)  physically possesses, uses, or has under the person's immediate custody or control
            
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any dangerous weapon other than a firearm 
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while committing any felony or other violent
            
187
    
criminal offense
  }
  
in a manner that constitutes a potential imminent threat to public safety
     
 is guilty
of a class A misdemeanor. 
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9, Lines 266 through 268
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    (2)  It is not a violation of 
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this chapter
  }
      
Subsection 76-10-503(2) or (3)
     
 for a
person
      
defined in Section 76-10-503(1)
     
 to own, possess, or have under the
            
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person's custody or control, archery equipment, including crossbows, for the purpose of lawful
            
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hunting 
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or
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and lawful
     
 target shooting. 
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