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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 40
Penal
PART 3
Specific Offenses
TITLE P
Offenses Against Public Safety
ARTICLE 265
Firearms and Other Dangerous Weapons
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SECTION 265.16
Criminal sale of a firearm to a minor
Penal (PEN) CHAPTER 40, PART 3, TITLE P, ARTICLE 265
§ 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.