Providing handgun to ineligible purchaser; exemptions
Sec. 14. (a) This section does not apply to a person who provides
a handgun to the following:
(1) A child who is attending a hunters safety course or a
firearms safety course or an adult who is supervising the child
during the course.
(2) A child engaging in practice in using a firearm for target
shooting at an established range or in an area where the
discharge of a firearm is not prohibited or is supervised by:
(A) a qualified firearms instructor; or
(B) an adult who is supervising the child while the child is
at the range.
(3) A child engaging in an organized competition involving the
use of a firearm or participating in or practicing for a
performance by an organized group under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code that uses firearms as a part of a
performance or an adult who is involved in the competition or
performance.
(4) A child who is hunting or trapping under a valid license
issued to the child under IC 14-22.
(5) A child who is traveling with an unloaded firearm to or from
an activity described in this section.
(6) A child who:
(A) is on real property that is under the control of the child's
parent, an adult family member of the child, or the child's
legal guardian; and
(B) has permission from the child's parent or legal guardian
to possess a firearm.
(b) A person who purchases a handgun with the intent to:
(1) resell or otherwise provide the handgun to another person
who the person knows or has reason to believe is ineligible for
any reason to purchase or otherwise receive from a dealer a
handgun; or
(2) transport the handgun out of the state to be resold or
otherwise provided to another person who the transferor knows
is ineligible to purchase or otherwise receive a firearm;
commits a Class D felony.
(c) If the violation of this section involves a transfer of more than
one (1) handgun, the offense is a Class C felony.
As added by P.L.17-1997, SEC.8.
Last modified: May 24, 2006