2012 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, Or Welfare
Chapter 73 - Weapons
Subchapter 1 - -- Possession and Use Generally
§ 5-73-129 - Furnishing a handgun or a prohibited weapon to a felon.
(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 who he or she knows has been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony.
(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) A sawed-off shotgun or rifle;
(2) A firearm that has been specially made or specially adapted for silent discharge;
(3) A machine gun;
(4) A bomb;
(5) Metal knuckles;
(6) A defaced firearm, as defined in ยง 5-73-107; or
(7) Other implement for the infliction of serious physical injury or death that serves no common lawful purpose,
to a person who has been found guilty of or who has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to a felony.
(c) Furnishing a handgun or a prohibited weapon to a felon is a Class B felony.
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