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5 (10) "Knuckles" means any instrument that consists of finger rings or guards made of a hard substance that is designed or adapted for the purpose of inflicting serious physical injury or death by striking a person with a fist enclosed in the knuckles; (11) "Machine gun" means any firearm that is capable of firing more than one shot automatically, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger; (12) "Projectile weapon" means any bow, crossbow, pellet gun, slingshot or other weapon that is not a firearm, which is capable of expelling a projectile that could inflict serious physical injury or death by striking or piercing a person; (13) "Rifle" means any firearm designed or adapted to be fired from the shoulder and to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed metallic cartridge to fire a projectile through a rifled bore by a single function of the trigger; { (14) "Short Barrel" means a barrel length of less than sixteen inches for a rifle and eighteen inches for a shotgun, both measured from the face of the bolt or standing breech, or an overall rifle or shotgun length of less than twenty-six inches; (15) "Shotgun' means any firearm designed or adapted to be fired from the shoulder and to use the energy of the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire a number of shot or a single projectile through a smooth bore barrel by a single function of the trigger; (16) 'Spring gun" means any fused, timed or nonmanually controlled trap or device designed or adapted to set off an explosion for the purpose of inflicting serious physical injury or death; (17) "Switchblade knife" means any knife which has a blade that folds or closes into the handle or sheath, and a) that opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle; or i b) that opens or releases from the handle or sheath by the force of gravity or by the application of centrifugal force. II Possession--manufacture--transport--repair--sale of certain weapons a crime--exceptions:-- 1. A person commits a crime if he knowingly possesses, manu- factures, transports, repairs, or sells: (1) An explosive weapon; (2) A machine gun; (3) A gas gun; (4) A short barreled rifle or shotgun; (5) A firearm silencer; (6) A switchblade knife; (7) A bullet or projectile which explodes or detonates upon impact because of an independent explosive charge after having been shot from a firearm; or (8) Knuckles. 2