28-1204 Unlawful possession of a handgun; exceptions; penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

28-1204. Unlawful possessionof a handgun; exceptions; penalty.(1) Any person under the age of eighteen years who possessesa handgun commits the offense of unlawful possessionof a handgun.(2) This section does not apply to the issuance of handguns to members of the armed forces of theUnited States, active or reserve, National Guard of this state, or ReserveOfficers Training Corps, when on duty or training, or to the temporary loanof handguns for instruction under the immediatesupervision of a parent or guardian or adult instructor.(3) Unlawful possession of a handgun isa Class I misdemeanor. SourceLaws 1977, LB 38, § 236; Laws 1978, LB 748, § 18; Laws 2009, LB63, § 11.AnnotationsWhen a person is charged with violation of this section, the State need not prove that a revolver or gun is operable in order to establish that it is a "firearm". The test is whether evidence of possession of a revolver or gun of prohibited description, which is in apparently good condition and has the characteristics and appearance commonly understood to be those of the firearm it purports to be, is prima facie evidence sufficient to go to the trier of fact in a prosecution for being a person under the age of 18 in possession of a pistol, revolver, or any other form of short-barreled hand firearm. In re Interest of Cory P., 7 Neb. App. 397, 584 N.W.2d 820 (1998).