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possumboy wrote:
chefjustin wrote:
§ 18.2-309 - makes it illegal to furnish a handgun to a minor
This subsection shall not apply to any transfer made between family members or for the purpose of engaging in a sporting event or activity.
Family members can purchase and gift it to a minor.
Also, as a note, the law says anyone under 18 has to have written parents permission to be shooting at a range are such. It does not make allowance if the parent is there are taking the minor shooting. I have this at home and will provide more details if people are interested.
It is possible for the minor to "own" the firearm however...it must be unloaded during anytransport off his property.He can go hunting or with an adult to a shooting range or firearms class.
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18.2-308.7. Possession or transportation of certain firearms by persons under the age of 18; penalty.
It shall be unlawful for any person under 18 years of age to knowingly and intentionally possess or transport a handgun or assault firearm anywhere in the Commonwealth. For the purposes of this section, "handgun" means any pistol or revolver or other firearm originally designed, made and intended to fire single or multiple projectiles by means of an explosion of a combustible material from one or more barrels when held in one hand and "assault firearm" means any (i) semi-automatic centerfire rifle or pistol which expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock or (ii) shotgun with a magazine which will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered. A violation of this section shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor.
This section shall not apply to:
1. Any person (i) while in his home or on
his property; (ii) while in the home or on
the property of his parent, grandparent, or legal guardian; or (iii) while on the
property of another who has provided prior permission, and with the prior permission of his parent or legal guardian if the person has the landowner's written permission on his person while on such property;
2. Any person who,
while accompanied by an adult, is at, or going to and from, a lawful
shooting range or
firearms educational class, provided that the weapons are unloaded while being transported;
3. Any person actually engaged in
lawful hunting or going to and from a hunting area or preserve, provided that the weapons are unloaded while being transported; and
4. Any person while carrying out his duties in the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of this Commonwealth or any other state.
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18.2-309. Furnishing certain weapons to minors; penalty.
A. If any person sells, barters, gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, to any minor a dirk, switchblade knife or bowie knife, having good cause to believe him to be a minor, such person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
B. If
any person sells, barters, gives or furnishes, or causes to be sold, bartered, given or furnished, to
any minor a
handgun, having good cause to believe him to be a minor, such person shall be guilty of a
Class 6 felony. This subsection
shall not apply to any
transfer made
between family members or for the purpose of engaging in a sporting event or activity.