Laws about minors having access to firearms
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JohnBT
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www.lcav.org allows you to search by topic or state. I have no idea how up-to-date the info is.
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Not a summary, but the NRA-ILA site has a section describing each state's gun laws, including the sections applicable to minors.
I have researched this a little bit, and doubt you will find a true summary since the laws are so variable from state-to-state, and some states are quite complicated. On the other hand, if you *do* find one, I would be very interested in seeing it.
Tim
I have researched this a little bit, and doubt you will find a true summary since the laws are so variable from state-to-state, and some states are quite complicated. On the other hand, if you *do* find one, I would be very interested in seeing it.
Tim
Bear Gulch
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Also check the pertinent State Fish and Game. WHile minor may be able to have firearms while, "supervised", the definition of supervision varies widely from state to state.
Thanks, guys, keep 'em coming.
Sigh.
I'm looking for summaries. But the problem with a summary is that it is only a summary. Look, here's the NRA-ILA recap of the federal Youth Handgun Safety Act of 1994.
Here's one of the "certain other exempted purposes" skimmed over in the summary. This is specifically legal:
Anyway, anyone got any other links, I'd like to see them.
pax
Sigh.
I'm looking for summaries. But the problem with a summary is that it is only a summary. Look, here's the NRA-ILA recap of the federal Youth Handgun Safety Act of 1994.
Here's one of the "certain other exempted purposes" skimmed over in the summary. This is specifically legal:
I'd say that's a pretty important exception, wouldn't you? :banghead:
Anyway, anyone got any other links, I'd like to see them.
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Other Sources not available at this time.
State of AR is...err...
Quick Search :
http://www.state.ar.us/government.php
Firearms + Minors : http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
Definitions: http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
5-73-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Instrument of crime" means anything manifestly designed, made, adapted, or commonly used for criminal purposes;
(2) "Minor" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age; and ....
http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code 5-73-109. Furnishing a deadly weapon to a minor.
(a) A person commits the offense of furnishing a deadly weapon to a minor when he sells, barters, leases, gives, rents, or otherwise furnishes a firearm or other deadly weapon to a minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, or other person responsible for general supervision of his welfare.
(b) Furnishing a deadly weapon to a minor is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the deadly weapon is:
(1) A handgun;
(2) A sawed-off or short-barrelled shotgun, as defined in § 5-1-102(21);
(3) A sawed-off or short-barrelled rifle, as defined in § 5-1-102(22);
(4) A firearm that has been specially made or specially adapted for silent discharge;
(5) A machine gun;
(6) An explosive or incendiary device, as defined in § 5-71-301;
(7) Metal knuckles;
(8) A defaced firearm, as defined in § 5-73-107; or
(9) Other implement for the infliction of serious physical injury or death that serves no common lawful purpose, in which case it is a Class B felony.
State of AR is...err...
Quick Search :
http://www.state.ar.us/government.php
Firearms + Minors : http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
Definitions: http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code
5-73-101. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Instrument of crime" means anything manifestly designed, made, adapted, or commonly used for criminal purposes;
(2) "Minor" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age; and ....
http://170.94.58.9/NXT/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=blr:code 5-73-109. Furnishing a deadly weapon to a minor.
(a) A person commits the offense of furnishing a deadly weapon to a minor when he sells, barters, leases, gives, rents, or otherwise furnishes a firearm or other deadly weapon to a minor without the consent of a parent, guardian, or other person responsible for general supervision of his welfare.
(b) Furnishing a deadly weapon to a minor is a Class A misdemeanor, unless the deadly weapon is:
(1) A handgun;
(2) A sawed-off or short-barrelled shotgun, as defined in § 5-1-102(21);
(3) A sawed-off or short-barrelled rifle, as defined in § 5-1-102(22);
(4) A firearm that has been specially made or specially adapted for silent discharge;
(5) A machine gun;
(6) An explosive or incendiary device, as defined in § 5-71-301;
(7) Metal knuckles;
(8) A defaced firearm, as defined in § 5-73-107; or
(9) Other implement for the infliction of serious physical injury or death that serves no common lawful purpose, in which case it is a Class B felony.
Steve ~
One of the things I'm trying to get a handle on is how many states prevent the parent from allowing the kid to possess a handgun.
I'm going cross eyed just trying to get a feel for what the majority of states allow.
I'm not interested in minutia -- I just want to know if it is generally true that parents in most states may allow their teenage children to have access to the family firearms. I'd hoped to find a page that gave me some sort of an idea about that!
pax
Dionysusigma
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Not to hijack the thread, but out of extreme curiosity on my part, where did the whole "Age 21" nonsense come from? 
*sigh* Rant On...
At eighteen, one can vote; join the military branch of his/her choice (either by choice or by draft); buy cigarettes, cigars, pipes, pipe tobacco, snuff, chew, and anything related to such things; no longer be classified as a minor; drive (although most start at 16); raise a family; buy any non-Title-II rifle from BB guns up to and including a .700 Nitro Express; and can raise a family of his/her own.
But handguns, Title II weaponry, and *gasp* alcohol? Gotta wait three more years, there!
:banghead:
/Rant
Am I the only person to whom this doesn't make sense? (Turning 21 in a month and nine days, BTW...)
*sigh* Rant On...
At eighteen, one can vote; join the military branch of his/her choice (either by choice or by draft); buy cigarettes, cigars, pipes, pipe tobacco, snuff, chew, and anything related to such things; no longer be classified as a minor; drive (although most start at 16); raise a family; buy any non-Title-II rifle from BB guns up to and including a .700 Nitro Express; and can raise a family of his/her own.
But handguns, Title II weaponry, and *gasp* alcohol? Gotta wait three more years, there!
:banghead: /Rant
Am I the only person to whom this doesn't make sense? (Turning 21 in a month and nine days, BTW...)
Dionysusigma ~
Don't get me started ... I agree with you to some extent, but I'm even more radical than you are.
If 21 is okay, why not 20? Why not 19? I got married at 19 and had two kids before I was 21 -- wasn't I an adult then? Why not 18? 17? 16?
Years ago, it used to be that the parents (as the people who knew the kid best) would be the ones to decide when a kid was old enough for most stuff. The parents would sign (or not sign) permission for the kid to get a driver's license, join the army, get married, get a job. The parents would forbid the kid to do stuff they thought was too dangerous, or that they thought the kid wasn't ready for. An imperfect system, but it worked for most families.
Now the state assigns an arbitrary age for all those things, and heaven help the family that wants their kids to be responsible earlier.
This artificial prolonging of childhood, and the denial of adult responsibility to people who should be old enough to accept such responsibility, is one of the reasons we see so many rotten teenagers. Kids should have responsibility shoved on them the very moment they are ripe for it. When kids are ripe for a level of responsibility that isn't given to them, they quickly become rotten.
Argh.
But I'm hijacking my own thread! What I want is a summary of state laws about kids' access to firearms ...
pax
Don't get me started ... I agree with you to some extent, but I'm even more radical than you are.
If 21 is okay, why not 20? Why not 19? I got married at 19 and had two kids before I was 21 -- wasn't I an adult then? Why not 18? 17? 16?
Years ago, it used to be that the parents (as the people who knew the kid best) would be the ones to decide when a kid was old enough for most stuff. The parents would sign (or not sign) permission for the kid to get a driver's license, join the army, get married, get a job. The parents would forbid the kid to do stuff they thought was too dangerous, or that they thought the kid wasn't ready for. An imperfect system, but it worked for most families.
Now the state assigns an arbitrary age for all those things, and heaven help the family that wants their kids to be responsible earlier.
This artificial prolonging of childhood, and the denial of adult responsibility to people who should be old enough to accept such responsibility, is one of the reasons we see so many rotten teenagers. Kids should have responsibility shoved on them the very moment they are ripe for it. When kids are ripe for a level of responsibility that isn't given to them, they quickly become rotten.
Argh.
But I'm hijacking my own thread! What I want is a summary of state laws about kids' access to firearms ...
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Don't know if this will help you pax, but the Bradys have their scorecards which include the following categories:
Juvenile Possession Law
Juvenile Sale/Transfer Law
Child Access Prevention Law
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/reportcards/2004/details.pdf
Juvenile Possession Law
Juvenile Sale/Transfer Law
Child Access Prevention Law
http://www.bradycampaign.org/facts/reportcards/2004/details.pdf
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