15100916D
SENATE BILL NO. 1179
Offered January 14, 2015
Prefiled January 13, 2015
A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-56.2 of the Code of
Virginia, relating to allowing access to firearms by children; penalty.
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Patron-- Ebbin
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 18.2-56.2 of the Code of Virginia is amended
and reenacted as follows:
§18.2-56.2. Allowing access to firearms by children; penalty.
A. It shall be is unlawful for any person to
recklessly leave a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger
the life or limb of any child under the age of
fourteen 14.
Any person violating the provisions of this subsection shall
be is guilty
of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
B. It is unlawful
for any person knowingly to authorize a child four years of age or
younger to use a firearm or pneumatic gun under any
circumstances. Any person violating the
provisions of this subsection is
guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.
C. It
shall be is unlawful
for any person knowingly to authorize a child five
years of age or older but under
the age of twelve 12
to use a firearm except when the child is under the supervision of an adult.
Any person violating this subsection shall be
is guilty of a Class 1
misdemeanor.
D. For
purposes of this subsection section, "adult" shall mean means
a parent, guardian, person standing in loco parentis to the
child, or a person twenty-one 21 years of age or over
older who
has the permission of the parent, guardian, or person standing in loco parentis
to supervise the child in the use of a firearm.
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