Section 18.2-300 - Possession or use of "sawed-off" shotgun or rifleA. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence is a Class 2 felony.B. Possession or use of a "sawed-off" shotgun or "sawed-off" rifle for any other purpose, except as permitted by this article and official use by those persons permitted possession by § 18.2-303, is a Class 4 felony.Code 1950, § 18.1-268.2; 1968, c. 661; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 710; 1992, c. 580.Amended by Acts 1992, § c. 580.Amended by Acts 1978, § c. 710.Amended by Acts 1975, § cc. 14, 15.Amended by Acts 1968, § c. 661.