§ 57-7. Access to guns by minors.

(a) A person must not give, sell, rent, lend, or otherwise transfer any rifle or shotgun or any ammunition or major component for these guns in the County to a minor. This subsection does not apply when the transferor is at least 18 years old and is the parent, guardian, or instructor of the minor, or in connection with a regularly conducted or supervised program of marksmanship or marksmanship training.

(b) An owner, employee, or agent of a gun shop must not allow a minor to, and a minor must not, enter the gun shop unless the minor is accompanied by a parent or other legal guardian at all times when the minor is in the gun shop.

(c) This section must be construed as broadly as possible within the limits of State law to protect minors. (1981 L.M.C., ch. 42, § 1; 1997 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; , § 1.)

Editor's note—Section 57-7, formerly § 57-5, was renumbered pursuant to , § 1.