New York Consolidated Laws

N.Y. Penal Law § 265.16 (2026)

Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor

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§ 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.