N.Y. PEN Law § 265.16
This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 265.16, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.
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Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
Official statutory text
§ 265.16 Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor.\n A person is guilty of criminal sale of a firearm to a minor when he is\nnot authorized pursuant to law to possess a firearm and he unlawfully\nsells, exchanges, gives or disposes of a firearm to another person who\nis or reasonably appears to be less than nineteen years of age who is\nnot licensed pursuant to law to possess a firearm.\n Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor is a class C felony.\n
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