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Statute:

Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor

ยง 265.16 Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor.

A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm to a minor when he is
not authorized pursuant to law to possess a firearm and he unlawfully
sells, exchanges, gives or disposes of a firearm to another person who
is or reasonably appears to be less than nineteen years of age who is
not licensed pursuant to law to possess a firearm.

Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor is a class C felony.

PEN 265.16 2014-09-22

Sections:

265. Firearms and other dangerous weapons
265.00 - Definitions.
265.01 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree.
265.01-A Criminal possession of a weapon on school grounds.
265.01-B Criminal possession of a firearm.
265.01-C Criminal possession of a rapid-fire modification device
265.01-D Criminal Possession of a Weapon In a Restricted Location
265.01-E Criminal Possession of A Firearm, Rifle or Shotgun In a Sensitive Location.
265.02 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree.
265.03 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree.
265.04 - Criminal possession of a weapon in the first degree.
265.05 - Unlawful possession of weapons by persons under sixteen.
265.06 - Unlawful possession of a weapon upon school grounds.
265.07 - Gunsmith Fails to Serialize Firearm, Frame or Receiver
265.08 - Criminal use of a firearm in the second degree.
265.09 - Criminal use of a firearm in the first degree.
265.10 - Manufacture, transport, disposition and defacement of weapons and dangerous instruments and appliances.
265.11 - Criminal sale of a firearm in the third degree.
265.12 - Criminal sale of a firearm in the second degree.
265.13 - Criminal sale of a firearm in the first degree.
265.14 - Criminal sale of a firearm with the aid of a minor.
265.15 - Presumptions of possession, unlawful intent and defacement.
265.16 - Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor.
265.17 - Criminal purchase of a weapon.
265.19 Aggravated criminal possession of a weapon.
265.20 - Exemptions.
265.25 - Certain wounds to be reported.
265.26 - Burn injury and wounds to be reported.
265.30 - Certain convictions to be reported.
265.35 - Prohibited use of weapons.
265.36 Unlawful possession of a large capacity ammunition feeding device. Repeal Date: 09/04/2022
265.37 Unlawful possession of certain ammunition feeding devices.
265.38 - Unlawful sale of a non-microstamping-enabled firearm
265.40 - Purchase of rifles and/or shotguns in contiguous states.
265.45 Safe storage of rifles, shotguns, and firearms.
265.50 - Criminal manufacture, sale, or transport of an undetectable
265.50*2 - Failure to safely store rifles, shotguns, and firearms in the second degree
265.55 - Criminal possession of an undetectable firearm, rifle or shotgun
265.60 - Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the second degree.
265.61 - Criminal sale of a ghost gun in the first degree.
265.63 - Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the second degree.
265.64 - Criminal sale of a frame or receiver in the first degree.
265.65 - Criminal purchase of a semiautomatic rifle
265.66 - Criminal sale of a semiautomatic rifle.

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