### Question
How is the "shotgun" defined?


### Answer
The term **shotgun** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 921* as follows -

> a weapon designed or redesigned, made or remade, and intended to be fired from the shoulder and designed or redesigned and made or remade to use the energy of an explosive to fire through a smooth bore either a number of ball shot or a single projectile for each single pull of the trigger

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 921*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 44-FIREARMS**

