§ 22-4507Title 22
Certain sales of pistols prohibited.
No person shall within the District of Columbia sell any pistol to a person who he or she has reasonable cause to believe is not of sound mind, or is forbidden by § 22-4503 to possess a pistol [now “firearm”], or, except when the relation of parent and child or guardian and ward exists, is under the age of 21 years.
Annotations
July 8, 1932, 47 Stat. 652, ch. 465, § 7 June 29, 1953, 67 Stat. 94, ch. 159, § 204(d) May 21, 1994, D.C. Law 10-119, § 15(f), 41 DCR 1639 1973 Ed., § 22-3207. 1981 Ed., § 22-3207.
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