Penal Law § 265.16 · Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
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§ 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.
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PEN265.16
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