CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Public Order and Safety: Change Penalty Provisions Applicable to the Offense of Furnishing a Pistol to a Person Under the Age of 18; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to the Offense of Unlawful Possession of Firearms or Weapons; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to a Second or Subsequent Offenses of Carrying a Concealed Weapon; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to Carrying Certain Weapons Within a School Safety Zone; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to Possession of a Firearm by a person Under 18; Provide That It Is a Felony for a Person convicted of or on First Offender Probation for a Forcible Felony To Attempt To Purchase a Firearm

Authors

Seth KirbyFollow

Document Type

Peach Sheet

Abstract

The Act increases the minimum penalty for furnishing a pistol or a revolver to a minor from two to three years. The Act also increases the minimum sentence for unlawful possession of firearms from one to five years and raises the minimum sentence for carrying a concealed weapon to two years. The Act increases the minimum sentence for carrying specified weapons into a school zone. Further, the Act makes it a felony for a person convicted of a forcible felony to attempt to obtain a firearm and increases the penalty for these individuals for possessing a firearm. Finally, the Act raises the minimum fine and sentence for possession of a pistol or a revolver by a minor.

Recommended Citation

Seth Kirby, CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Public Order and Safety: Change Penalty Provisions Applicable to the Offense of Furnishing a Pistol to a Person Under the Age of 18; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to the Offense of Unlawful Possession of Firearms or Weapons; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to a Second or Subsequent Offenses of Carrying a Concealed Weapon; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to Carrying Certain Weapons Within a School Safety Zone; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon; Change the Penalty Provisions Applicable to Possession of a Firearm by a person Under 18; Provide That It Is a Felony for a Person convicted of or on First Offender Probation for a Forcible Felony To Attempt To Purchase a Firearm, 17 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. (2000).
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