Pennsylvania Firearm Owners Association
| (a) Offense defined.--No person shall make any loan secured by mortgage, deposit or pledge of a firearm, nor, except as provided in subsection (b), shall any person lend or give a firearm to another or otherwise deliver a firearm contrary to the provisions of this subchapter. |
| (b) Exception.-- |
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(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply if any of the following apply: |
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(i) The person who receives the firearm is licensed to carry a firearm under section 6109 (relating to licenses). |
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(ii) The person who receives the firearm is exempt from licensing. |
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(iii) The person who receives the firearm is engaged in a hunter safety program certified by the Pennsylvania Game Commission or a firearm training program or competition sanctioned or approved by the National Rifle Association. |
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(iv) The person who receives the firearm meets all of the following: |
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(A) Is under 18 years of age. |
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(B) Pursuant to section 6110.1 (relating to possession of firearm by minor) is under the supervision, guidance and instruction of a responsible individual who: |
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(I) is 21 years of age or older; and |
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(II) is not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm under section 6105 (relating to persons not to possess, use, manufacture, control, sell or transfer firearms). |
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(v) The person who receives the firearm is lawfully hunting or trapping and is in compliance with the provisions of Title 34 (relating to game). |
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(vi) A bank or other chartered lending institution is able to adequately secure firearms in its possession. |
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(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the transfer of a firearm under 20 Pa.C.S. Ch. 21 (relating to intestate succession) or by bequest if the individual receiving the firearm is not precluded from owning or possessing a firearm under section 6105. |
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(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the loaning or giving of a firearm to another in one's dwelling or place of business if the firearm is retained within the dwelling or place of business. |
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(4) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the relinquishment of firearms to a third party in accordance with 23 Pa.C.S. § 6108.3 (relating to relinquishment to third party for safekeeping). |
