---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 933"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "933"
heading: "Trafficking in firearms"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/933"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 44 — Firearms"
---

# §933. Trafficking in firearms

- (a) **In General.—** It shall be unlawful for any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) to—
  - (1) ship, transport, transfer, cause to be transported, or otherwise dispose of any [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) to another [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) in or otherwise affecting [interstate or foreign commerce](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2), if such [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the use, carrying, or possession of a [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) by the recipient would constitute a felony (as defined in [section 932(a)](/usc/18/932.md?p=a));
  - (2) receive from another [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) any [firearm](/usc/18/232.md?p=4) in or otherwise affecting [interstate or foreign commerce](/usc/18/921.md?p=a-2), if the recipient knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such receipt would constitute a felony; or
  - (3) attempt or conspire to commit the conduct described in paragraph [(1)](#a-1) or [(2)](#a-2).
- (b) **Penalty.—** Any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) who violates [subsection (a)](#a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or both.

## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 117–159, div. A, title II, § 12004(a)(1), June 25, 2022, 136 Stat. 1327.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Rule of Construction

Nothing in section 12004(a)(1) of Pub. L. 117–159, which enacted this section, to be construed to allow the establishment of a Federal system of registration of firearms, firearms owners, or firearms transactions or dispositions, see section 12004(k) of Pub. L. 117–159, set out as a note under section 922 of this title.