### Question
What does shotgun mean?


### Answer
**Shotgun** has the following meaning in *26 U.S.C. § 5845*:

> 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 the explosive in a fixed shotgun shell to fire through a smooth bore either a number of projectiles (ball shot) or a single projectile for each pull of the trigger, and shall include any such weapon which may be readily restored to fire a fixed shotgun shell

#### Citation:
  - *26 U.S.C. § 5845*
  - Heading: **Subtitle E-Alcohol, Tobacco, and Certain Other Excise Taxes > CHAPTER 53-MACHINE GUNS, DESTRUCTIVE DEVICES, AND CERTAIN OTHER FIREARMS > Subchapter B-General Provisions and Exemptions > PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS**

