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Walk It Through: The Teenager and the Pistol

A teenager under 18, a borrowed handgun, a range, a lake, and the parent who allowed it.

A high school junior wants to borrow an uncle's handgun for target practice.

Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.

A teenager with a borrowed handgun for target shooting. Hunting licenses, a gun on school grounds, and a juvenile court case are not worked through here.

A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.

Words this turns on

Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.