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Show Youths under 14 may not own firearms Guns of various types are a gift often given by fathers at Christmas time and youngsters are always anxious to use their new gun. With this in mmd, the Utah State Department of Fish and Game issued this reminder re-minder on juvenile gun laws. No one under the age of 14 may own a gun nor may they use or hunt with a gun before reaching the age of 14 unless they are accompanied by a parent par-ent or guardian. If properly licensed at 14 and 15 years of age, juveniles may hunt for game birds and cottontail cot-tontail rabbits in season, but again, only when accompanied by someone 21 years of age or older. At 16 the juvenile is considered consid-ered an adult insofar as the State Fish and Game laws are concerned and may then purchase pur-chase and use the adult licenses. licen-ses. The intent of this legislation is to provide a period of time when youngsters may be taken tak-en into the field by an adult so they will learn safe gun handling hand-ling habits and hunting techniques tech-niques in addition to their hunter hun-ter safety training before they reach an age when they can go into the field alone. |