1896 — Vermont — Minimum Age

1896 Vt. L. chap. 111, p. 83

Summary

Prohibited selling firearms to anyone below the age of 12, punishable by a fine up to $50 and the costs of prosecution. Likewise prohibited possession.

Statutory Text

SECTION I. No person shall sell, loan, furnish or give any pistol, revolver or other firearm, constructed or designed for the use of gunpowder or other explosive substance, with leaden bullets or shot, to a child under the age of twelve years, and any person so offending, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution.

SEC. 2. No child under the age of twelve years shall have in his control or possession any pistol or revolver, constructed or designed for the use of gunpowder or other explosive substance with leaden bullets or shot, and any person so offending shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not exceeding twenty dollars and pay costs of prosecution.

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Title 1896 — Vermont — Minimum Age
Conduct Transfer & Sale
Instrument Firearms
Jurisdiction VT
Date 1896