97-37-13 - Deadly weapons; weapons and cartridges not to be given to minor or intoxicated person. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 97-37-13. Deadly weapons; weapons and cartridges not to be given to minor or intoxicated person.
 

It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, give or lend to any minor under eighteen (18) years of age or person intoxicated, knowing him to be a minor under eighteen (18) years of age or in a state of intoxication, any deadly weapon, or other weapon the carrying of which concealed is prohibited, or pistol cartridge; and, on conviction thereof, he shall be punished by a fine not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or both. 
 

Sources: Codes, 1880, § 2986; 1892, § 1028; 1906, § 1107; Hemingway's 1917, § 833; 1930, § 857; 1942, § 2083; Laws,  1994, ch. 607, § 8, eff from and after July 2, 1994.