Is it illegal to pick up abandoned shell casings at the shooting range?

1. Whether it is illegal to pick up abandoned shells at the shooting range depends on the specific situation. They are:

(1) It is generally not illegal to possess shell casings. However, it is illegal to collect shells containing gunpowder and bullets, no matter how many;

(2) The manufacturing process of the shell casing or other non-illegal acts are not illegal;

(3) provided for the illegal manufacture of guns, etc. , is illegal.

2. Legal basis: Article 128 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC).

The crime of illegal possession and possession of guns and ammunition violates the regulations on gun control, and those who illegally possess and possess guns and ammunition shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years.

Crime of illegally renting or lending guns If a person who is equipped with official guns according to law illegally rents or lends guns, he shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Crime of illegally renting or lending guns If a person who arranges guns according to law illegally rents or lends guns, causing serious consequences, he shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.

Where a unit commits the crimes mentioned in the second and third paragraphs, it shall be fined, and the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph.

2. What are the constitutive elements of the crime of illegal possession and possession of firearms and ammunition?

1, object element. The object of the crime of illegal possession and possession of firearms and ammunition is public safety and the state's management system of firearms and ammunition;

2. objective factors. The crime of illegal possession and possession of guns and ammunition is objectively manifested as the act of illegal possession and possession of guns by the actor in violation of the regulations on gun control. The so-called possession refers to the illegal act of holding and hiding guns and ammunition. That is, in violation of the regulations on gun control, holding and carrying guns and ammunition without obtaining a gun certificate according to law, or carrying guns and ammunition out of the legal place despite the certificate, or carrying guns in areas and places where guns and ammunition are prohibited;

3. Main elements. The subject of the crime of illegal possession and possession of guns and ammunition is the general subject. That is, anyone who has reached the age of 16 and has the ability of criminal responsibility can become the subject of the crime of illegal possession and possession of guns and ammunition;

4. Subjective factors. The crime of illegal possession and possession of guns and ammunition is subjectively intentional, that is, knowing that it is a crime of prohibiting private possession of guns and ammunition, and deliberately hiding. If you don't know your collection of guns and ammunition, it doesn't constitute a crime.