It shall be necessary to hold a weapons, target shooting, hunting or gunsmith license, as the case may be, to manufacture, request the manufacture of, import, offer, purchase, sell or have for sale, keep, store, deliver, lend, transfer or otherwise dispose of or own, use, carry or transport ammunition according to the requirements of this chapter. It shall likewise be necessary to have a permit issued by the Police to purchase gunpowder. Any infraction of this section shall constitute a felony, and shall be sanctioned with a fixed term of imprisonment of six (6) years. Should there be aggravating circumstances, the fixed penalty established hereby shall be increased to a maximum of twelve (12) years; should there be mitigating circumstances, it may be reduced to a minimum of three (3) years.It shall be deemed as an aggravating circumstance at the time of imposing sentence to incur in [sic] any of the acts described in this section without holding the corresponding license or permit to purchase gunpowder when the ammunition is of the kind commonly known as armor-piecing. It shall not be deemed as a crime to manufacture, sell or deliver the ammunition already described for the use

o purchase gunpowder when the ammunition is of the kind commonly known as armor-piecing. It shall not be deemed as a crime to manufacture, sell or deliver the ammunition already described for the use of the Police and other law enforcement officers of the Government of Puerto Rico or the United States or for the use of the United States Armed Forces. History —Sept. 11, 2000, No. 404, § 5.01 renumbered as §§ 6.01 and amended on Jan. 10, 2002, No. 27, §§ 25 and 26.