It is a crime in Fort Collins, Colorado to provide a juvenile with a handgun, allow a juvenile to possess a handgun or providing a juvenile with a firearm other than a handgun. Let’s learn more about this crime, how its charged, and how is punished.
Larimer County Unlawfully Providing a Firearm to a Juvenile Lawyer: How is Permitting a Juvenile to Possess a Handgun Charged in Colorado?
The Larimer County, Colorado law definition of Unlawfully Providing or Permitting a Juvenile to Possess a Handgun – C.R.S. 18-12-108.7 – is:
(2)(a) Any person who intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly provides a handgun to a juvenile or permits a juvenile to possess a handgun, even though such person is aware of a substantial risk that such juvenile will use a handgun to commit a felony offense, or who, being aware of such substantial risk, fails to make reasonable efforts to prevent the commission of the offense, commits the crime of unlawfully providing or permitting a juvenile to possess a handgun. A person shall be deemed to have violated this paragraph (a) if such person provides a handgun to or permits the possession of a handgun by any juvenile who has been convicted of a crime of violence, as defined in section 18-1.3-406, or any juvenile who has been adjudicated a juvenile delinquent for an offense which would constitute a crime of violence, as defined in section 18-1.3-406, if such juvenile were an adult.
The Colorado law definition of Unlawfully Providing a Firearm Other Than a Handgun to a Juvenile – C.R.S. 18-12-108.7(3) – is:
Penalty for Unlawfully Permitting a Juvenile to Possess a Handgun in Loveland and Estes Park
In Fort Collins, Loveland, and Estes Park, providing a handgun to a juvenile or permitting a juvenile to have a handgun is a class 4 felony. This level felony is punishable by 2 to 6 years in the Colorado Department of Corrections. Unlawfully Providing a Firearm Other Than a Handgun to a Juvenile is a class 1 misdemeanor. The penalty for this level misdemeanor is up to 364 days in the Larimer County Jail.