Sec. 303. Minimum age for purchasing firearms and ammunition
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Chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in section 922— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (2)(A), by striking (b)(3) and inserting (b)(2) ; in paragraph (3), by striking (b)(3) and inserting (b)(2) ; in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following: for any person to transfer, sell, trade, give, transport, or deliver any firearm or ammunition to any person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than 21 years of age, except that this paragraph shall not apply to— a temporary transfer of a firearm or ammunition to a person who is less than 21 years of age or to the possession or use of a firearm or ammunition by a person who is less than 21 years of age if the firearm or ammunition is possessed and used by the person— in the course of employment, in the course of ranching or farming related to activities at the residence of the person (or on property used for ranching or farming at which the person, with the permission of the property owner or lessee, is performing activities related to the operation of the farm or ranch), target practice, hunting, or a course of instruction in the safe and lawful use of a firearm; with the prior written consent of the person’s parent or guardian who is not prohibited by Federal, State, or local law from possessing a firearm, except— during transportation by the person of an unloaded firearm in a locked container directly from the place of transfer to a place at which an activity described in clause
(i)is to take place and transportation by the person of that firearm, unloaded and in a locked container, directly from the place at which such an activity took place to the transferor; or with respect to ranching or farming activities as described in clause (i), a person who is less than 21 years of age may possess and use a firearm or ammunition with the prior written approval of the person’s parent or legal guardian and at the direction of an adult who is not prohibited by Federal, State or local law from possessing a firearm; the person has the prior written consent in the person’s possession at all times when a firearm or ammunition is in the possession of the person; and in accordance with State and local law; a person who is less than 21 years of age who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard who possesses or is armed with a firearm or ammunition in the line of duty; a transfer by inheritance of title (but not possession) of a firearm or ammunition to a person who is less than 21 years of age; or the possession of a firearm or ammunition by a person who is less than 21 years of age for the purpose described in subsection (x)(3)(D). ; in subsection (b)— by striking paragraph (1); by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and
(5)as paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and in the undesignated matter following paragraph (4), as so redesignated— in the first sentence, by striking Paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and
(4)and inserting Subsection (a)(10) and paragraphs (1), (2), and
(3); and in the second sentence, by striking Paragraph
(4)and inserting Paragraph
(3); and in subsection (c)(1), by striking , in the case of any firearm other than a shotgun or a rifle, I am twenty-one years or more of age, or that, in the case of a shotgun or a rifle, I am eighteen years or more of age and inserting I am 21 years or more of age ; and in section 924— in subsection (a)(6), by striking handgun each place the term appears and inserting firearm ; and in subsection (d)(3)(C), by striking 922(b)(3) each place the term appears and inserting 922(b)(2) . Section 4182(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking 922(b)(5) and inserting 922(b)(4) . Section 161A(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2201a(b) ) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking (b)(2), (b)(4) and inserting (b)(1), (b)(3) .
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Minimum age for purchasing firearms and ammunition
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