Furnishing a handgun or a prohibited weapon to a felon

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Criminal Offenses
  4. Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
  5. Weapons
  6. Possession and Use Generally
  7. Furnishing a handgun or a prohibited weapon to a felon

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  1. (a) A person commits the offense of furnishing a handgun to a felon if he or she sells, barters, leases, gives, rents, or otherwise furnishes a handgun to a person whom he or she knows has been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony.

  2. (b) A person commits the offense of furnishing a prohibited weapon to a felon if he or she sells, barters, leases, gives, rents, or otherwise furnishes:

    1. (1) A bomb;

    2. (2) Metal knuckles;

    3. (3) A defaced firearm, as described in § 5-73-107; or

    4. (4) Other implement for the infliction of serious physical injury or death that serves no lawful purpose,

  3. (c) Furnishing a handgun or a prohibited weapon to a felon is a Class B felony.

to a person he or she knows has been found guilty of or who has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony.


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