GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 82

Short Title:  Sell Handgun to Minor - Felony.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Justus; Berry, Bowman, J. Brown, Brubaker, Creech, Culp, Daughtry, Decker, Gottovi, Grady, Hayes, Ives, Lemmond, McCombs, Mitchell, Nichols, J. Preston, Sexton, Wilson, and Wood.
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Referred to:  Judiciary I.
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February 11, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON WHO SELLS A HANDGUN TO A MINOR IS GUILTY OF A CLASS E FELONY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-315 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14-315.  (Effective January 1, 1995) Selling or giving weapons to minors.
(a)	Weapons Other than Handguns. – If any person sells, offers for sale, gives, or in any way disposes of to a minor any pistol cartridge, brass knucks, bowie knife, dirk, shurikin, leaded cane, or slungshot, the person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and, in addition, shall forfeit the proceeds of any sale made in violation of this section.
(a1)	Handguns. – If any person sells, offers for sale, gives, or in any way disposes of to a minor any handgun as defined in G.S. 14-269.7, the person shall be guilty of a Class E felony and, in addition, shall forfeit the proceeds of any sale made in violation of this section.
(b)	Defense. – It shall be a defense to a violation of this section if the person:
(1)	Shows that the minor produced a drivers license, a special identification card issued under G.S. 20-37.7, a military identification card, or a passport, showing his age to be at least the required age for purchase and bearing a physical description of the person named on the card reasonably describing the minor; or
(2)	Produces evidence of other facts that reasonably indicated at the time of sale that the minor was at least the required age."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1995, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.