(A) No person under eighteen years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm.
(B) No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun, provided that this division does not apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by a person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age if either of the following apply:
(1) The person is a law enforcement officer who is properly appointed or employed as a law enforcement officer and has received firearms training approved by the Ohio peace officer training council or equivalent firearms training.
(2) The person is an active or reserve member of the armed services of the United States or the Ohio national guard, or was honorably discharged from military service in the active or reserve armed services of the United States or the Ohio national guard, and the person has received firearms training from the armed services or the national guard or equivalent firearms training.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of underage purchase of a firearm, a delinquent act that would be a felony of the fourth degree if it could be committed by an adult. Whoever violates division (B) of this section is guilty of underage purchase of a handgun, a misdemeanor of the second degree.
State v. Walker, 2021 Ohio 2037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “At trial, Walker testified that he was given the handgun by a friend, avoiding the implications of R.C. 2923.211(B) (“No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun.”
State v. McLoyd, 2023 Ohio 4306 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “McLoyd, at only 18 years old, was not permitted to purchase a handgun under R.C. 2923.211(B), which precludes the sale of handguns to individuals under 21 years of age who are not law enforcement officers or members of the armed services.”
In Re R.W.J., 798 N.E.2d 1206 (Ohio Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2ד{¶ 18} “ * * * {¶ 19} “(4) If the child is adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act that would be a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if committed by an adult or for violating division (A) of section 2923.211 of the Revised Code, commit the child to the…”
In re J.A., 2018 Ohio 1609 (Ohio Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2ד39, division (A) of section 2923.211, or division (C)(1) or (D) of section 2925.”
In re R.H., 2017 Ohio 467 (Ohio Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 2ד(e) For committing an act that would be a felony of the third, fourth, or fifth degree if committed by an adult or for a violation of division (A) of section 2923.211 of the Revised Code, for an indefinite term consisting of a minimum period of six months and a maximum period…”
State v. Walker, 2021 Ohio 2037 (Ohio Ct. App. 2021). “At trial, Walker testified that he was given the handgun by a friend, avoiding the implications of R.C. 2923.211(B) (“No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun.”
State v. McLoyd, 2023 Ohio 4306 (Ohio Ct. App. 2023). “McLoyd, at only 18 years old, was not permitted to purchase a handgun under R.C. 2923.211(B), which precludes the sale of handguns to individuals under 21 years of age who are not law enforcement officers or members of the armed services.”
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