6121 - Certain bullets prohibited.

     § 6121.  Certain bullets prohibited.        (a)  Offense defined.--It is unlawful for any person to     possess, use or attempt to use a KTW teflon-coated bullet or     other armor-piercing ammunition while committing or attempting     to commit a crime of violence as defined in section 6102     (relating to definitions).        (b)  Grading.--An offense under this section constitutes a     felony of the third degree.        (c)  Sentencing.--Any person who is convicted in any court of     this Commonwealth of a crime of violence and who uses or     carries, in the commission of that crime, a firearm loaded with     KTW ammunition or any person who violates this section shall, in     addition to the punishment provided for the commission of the     crime, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for not less than     five years. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the     court shall not suspend the sentence of any person convicted of     a crime subject to this subsection nor place him on probation     nor shall the term of imprisonment run concurrently with any     other term of imprisonment including that imposed for the crime     in which the KTW ammunition was being used or carried. No person     sentenced under this subsection shall be eligible for parole.        (d)  Definition.--As used in this section the term "armor-     piercing ammunition" means ammunition which, when or if fired     from any firearm as defined in section 6102 that is used or     attempted to be used in violation of subsection (a) under the     test procedure of the National Institute of Law Enforcement and     Criminal Justice Standard for the Ballistics Resistance of     Police Body Armor promulgated December 1978, is determined to be     capable of penetrating bullet-resistant apparel or body armor     meeting the requirements of Type IIA of Standard NILECJ-STD-     0101.01 as formulated by the United States Department of Justice     and published in December of 1978.     (Dec. 21, 1984, P.L.1210, No.230, eff. imd.)        1984 Amendment.  Act 230 added section 6121.