Sec. 17-71. Prohibited; definition. Except as otherwise provided in this division, it is unlawful for any person to manufacture, assemble, possess, store, transport, sell, offer to sell, purchase, offer to purchase, deliver or give to another, or acquire any weapon of mass death and destruction. For purposes of this division, the term "weapon of mass death and destruction" means a semiautomatic firearm which is designed or specially adapted to fire a cartridge and automatically chamber a succeeding cartridge, ready to fire, with a single function of the trigger and:
(1) Is a semiautomatic action centerfire rifle or carbine which was
originally designed and intended to be sold with a detachable magazine with a capacity of more than 21 rounds;
(2) Is a semiautomatic shotgun with a magazine
capacity of more than six rounds;
(3) Is a semiautomatic handgun that is: a. A modification of a firearm described in this section; b. Part or combination of parts either designed or intended for use in converting any device into any weapon described above and from which such a weapon may readily be assembled if in the possession or control of the same individual; c. Originally designed to accept a detachable magazine with a capacity of more than 21 rounds;
d. Possessed while a detachable magazine with a capacity of more than 21 rounds, usable with such handgun, is attached or directly accessible; or
(4) A firearm described elsewhere in this division which has temporarily been made to function in a non-semiautomatic fashion but which can be restored to function as an operable semiautomatic firearm.