SB 433- AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
SENATE BILL 433
AN ACT relative to the age at which a minor may purchase or possess handguns and ammunition.
SPONSORS: Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24
This bill prohibits the sale or transfer of handguns or ammunition to persons under the age of 21, except where the firearm in question is strictly used for game hunting or target shooting, or where the transferee is a law enforcement official.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2701
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the age at which a minor may purchase or possess handguns and ammunition.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Purchase or Possession of Handguns or Ammunition by Persons Under 21 years of Age. Amend RSA 159:12 to read as follows:
159:12 Sale to [Minors] Persons under the age of 21. Any person who shall sell, barter, hire, lend or give to any [minor] person under the age of 21 any pistol or revolver shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to fathers, mothers, guardians, administrators or executors who give a revolver to their children or wards or to heirs to an estate, or where the weapon in question is strictly used by persons employed as law enforcement officials, or for game hunting or target shooting in the presence of an adult. Sellers or transferors shall also be subject to revocation of their licenses to sell firearms and rifles.
2 Furnishing Arms to Persons Under the Age of 21. Amend RSA 644:15 to read as follows:
644:15 Furnishing Arms to Persons Under [16] 21.
I. Any person who shall sell, barter, hire, lend or give to any person under the age of [16] 21 years any [cartridges or shotshells] ammunition suitable for discharging in any [rifle,] pistol or revolver [or shotgun] shall be guilty of a violation.
II. This section shall not apply to fathers, mothers or guardians of such children.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.