Mississippi Code
Miss. Code Ann. § 97-37-13 (2026)
Deadly weapons; weapons and cartridges not to be given to minor or intoxicated person
✓ current as of July 2026
It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, give or lend to any minor under eighteen (18) years of age or person intoxicated, knowing him to be a minor under eighteen (18) years of age or in a state of intoxication, any deadly weapon, or other weapon the carrying of which concealed is prohibited, or pistol cartridge; and, on conviction thereof, he shall be punished by a fine not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or both.
Codes, 1880, § 2986; 1892, § 1028; 1906, § 1107; Hemingway's 1917, § 833; 1930, § 857; 1942, § 2083; Laws, 1994, ch. 607, § 8, eff. 7/2/1994.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1977–2024 · leading case: Moning v. Alfono, 254 N.W.2d 759 (Mich. 1977).
Moning v. Alfono, 254 N.W.2d 759 (Mich. 1977). “[34] NC Gen Stat § 14-315; Miss Code Ann § 97-37-13. [35] Idaho Code § 18-3302 .”
Rocky Mountain Gun Owners v. Polis, 121 F.4th 96 (10th Cir. 2024). “66 ); Mississippi ( Miss. Code Ann. § 97-37-13 ); Missouri ( Mo.”
Williams ex rel. Raymond v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P., 99 So. 3d 112 (Miss. 2012). “Miss. Code Ann. § 97-37-13 (Rev.2003). There is no dispute that Moore was twenty years old at the time of the purchase, and nothing in the record suggests that Moore or White was intoxicated when the sale occurred.”
Mississippi Comm'n on Jud. Performance v. Lewis, 830 So. 2d 1138 (Miss. 2002). “At the hearing, Judge Lewis pled that Miss.Code Ann. § 97-37-13 (2000) prohibited the retiren of the handgun to the minor defendant by making it a crime to give a deadly weapon to any one under the age of eighteen.”
Miss. Comm. on Jud. Perf. v. Lewis, 830 So. 2d 1138 (Miss. 2002). “At the hearing, Judge Lewis pled that Miss.Code Ann. § 97-37-13 (2000) prohibited the return of the handgun to the minor defendant by making it a crime to give a deadly weapon to any one under the age of eighteen.”
K-Mart Corp. v. Kitchen, 662 So. 2d 977 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995). “, Miss. Code Ann., § 97-37-13 (1972). Since our legislature has not extended vendor liability for the sale of a firearm under the circumstances of this case, our imposition of liability on K-Mart here would be taking a step which our supreme court declined to take in Bankston .”
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