Editing Teflon-coated bullet (section)

=== United States ===
The federal ban on armor-piercing pistol ammunition uses only the composition of the bullet's core to determine legality.<ref>{{USCSub|18|921|a|17}}</ref> However, many individual states have legislation restricting various kinds of coating materials, for example:

* [[Alabama]] state law provides that "the possession or sale of brass or steel teflon-coated handgun ammunition is illegal anywhere within the State of Alabama".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/13A-11-60.htm |title=Code of Alabama, § 13A-11-60: Possession or sale of brass or steel teflon-coated handgun ammunition |website=Alabama Legislature |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Hawaii]] state law prohibits the "manufacture, possession, sale, barter, trade, gift, transfer, or acquisition of ... any type of ammunition or any projectile component thereof coated with teflon or any other similar coating designed primarily to enhance its capability to penetrate metal or pierce protective armor."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol03_Ch0121-0200D/HRS0134/HRS_0134-0008.htm |title=Hawaii Revised Statutes, § 134-8: Ownership, etc., of automatic firearms, silencers, etc., prohibited (a) |date=2017-12-06 |website=Hawaii Legislature |access-date=2018-07-14}}</ref>
* [[Kansas]] state laws states possessing, manufacturing, causing to be manufactured, selling, offering for sale, lending, purchasing or giving away any cartridge which can be fired by a handgun and which has a plastic-coated bullet that has a core of less than 60% lead by weight, whether the person knows or has reason to know that the plastic-coated bullet has a core of less than 60% lead by weight is unlawful.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2020/b2019_20/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_063_0000_article/021_063_0001_section/021_063_0001_k/ |title=Kansas Statutes, Chapter 21, Article 63, § 21-6301 (6): Criminal use of weapons |website=Kansas State Legislature |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[North Carolina]] state law specifically forbids persons in that state to "import, manufacture, possess, store, transport, sell, offer to sell, purchase, offer to purchase, deliver or give to another, or acquire any Teflon-coated bullet".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_14.html |title=North Carolina General Statutes, Chapter 14, Article 8 § 34.3: Manufacture, sale, purchase, or possession of teflon-coated types of bullets |website=North Carolina General Assembly |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Oklahoma]] – Teflon-coated bullets are [[Gun laws in Oklahoma#Specific Crimes with Firearms|illegal in Oklahoma]] under some circumstances.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.atf.gov/file/58281/download |title=Oklahoma Statutes: Title 21 § 1289.19: Restricted bullet and body armor defined |website=ATF.com |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Oregon]] state law forbids the possession of any handgun ammunition, the bullet or projectile of which is coated with [[Teflon]] while committing or intending to commit a felony.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_166.350 |title=Oregon Revised Statutes, § 166.350(a): Unlawful possession of armor piercing ammunition |website=OregonLaws.com}}</ref>
* [[Pennsylvania]] state law provides that "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" certain enumerated "crime[s] of violence".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/LEGIS/LI/consCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&ttl=18&div=00.&chpt=061.&sctn=021.&subSctn=000.&CFID=131964787&CFTOKEN=54404850 |title=Consolidated Statutes, Title 18 § 6121. Certain bullets prohibited |website=Pennsylvania General Assembly |accessdate=2014-03-11}}</ref>
* [[South Carolina]] state law specifically bans "ammunition or shells that are coated with [[polytetrafluoroethylene]] (Teflon)".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/south-carolina/sc-code/south_carolina_code_16-23-520 |title=South Carolina Code, Title 16, Chapter 23, Article 5 § 16-23-520: Use, transportation, manufacture, possession, purchase, or sale of teflon-coated ammunition |website=Lawserver.com |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>
* [[Virginia]] state law specifically bans "bullets, projectiles or other types of ammunition that are: coated with or contain, in whole or in part, [[polytetrafluoroethylene]] (Teflon) or a similar product" while committing or attempting to commit a crime.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title18.2/chapter7/section18.2-308.3/ |title=Code of Virginia, Title 18.2, Chapter 7, Article 7 § 18.2-308.3: Use or attempted use of restricted ammunition in commission or attempted commission of crimes |website=Virginia Law |access-date=15 August 2021}}</ref>