{"data":{"id":"us-de/7-del.-c.-711","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"7 Del. C. § 711","heading":"Hunting with automatic-loading gun prohibited; penalty.","body":"(a) No person shall hunt for game birds or game animals in this State, except as authorized by state-sanctioned federal depredation/conservation orders for selected waterfowl species, with or by means of any automatic-loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than 3 shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a filler incapable of removal through the loading end thereof, so as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than 3 shells at 1 time, in the magazine and chamber combined.\n(b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation.\n(c) Having in one’s possession, while in the act of hunting game birds or game animals, a gun that will hold more than 3 shells at 1 time in the magazine and chamber combined, except as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.","path":["Title 7. Conservation","Game, Wildlife and Dogs","CHAPTER 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish","Subchapter I. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title7/c007/sc01/index.html#711","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:08Z","sha256":"4e6da0d878493ecacc3c5363a6d3699be9c7b9158c1d22b04f1b68f02989cead","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/7-del.-c.-710","next":"us-de/7-del.-c.-712"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}