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N.Y. Penal Law § 265.16: Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor

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  1. Penal Law
  2. Part 3. Specific Offenses
  3. Title P. Offenses Against Public Safety
  4. Article 265. Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons

§ 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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