For the truly bored, {yet want to be informed} the following url will take you to the US Code, that will show the detail of the law that fittzy is using:
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000793----000-.html
Thank you. Dang...I work with lawyers, and even that code section you cited was too much for me. Made my head spin. :)
I'm still trying to digest this, but it sounds to me like this part of the code refers more to objects, rather than people.
But as they say in lawyerspeak -- this is no doubt one of the main issues for the trier of fact (and/or a jury?).