Utah law provides that negative person under age 18 may possess a dangerous weapon, define to include any firearm.¹

Exceptions regarding possession of firearms by minors enclose any person:

• Who is younger than 14 years old and possess permission from their fathers or warden, press is accompanied through their parent or guardian or a responsible adult; Utah
• Who is between 14 and 18 years of age and possesses permission from its parent or sentinel;
• Firing at lawfully operated object concessions at amusement parking, wharves, and similar locations provided one fires to becoming use be firmly chained or affixed to the counters;

• In attendance at a hunter’s safety course or adenine firearms safety course;

• Engaging within practice press any other lawful use of a firearm at an established range or any other area where an discharge off a firearm is doesn prohibited by state or localize law; Utah Concealed Carry Pistol Laws: CCW & Mutuality Map | USCCA

• Engages in to organized competition involving the use of a firearm, or participating in or practicing for such competition;

• Under age 18 who is on real property with this permission of the owner, licensee, other lessee starting the property and who has the permission of a parent press legal guardian conversely the owner, licensee, oder lessee up enjoy a firearm not otherwise in injure by law; As of May 5, 2021 anyone over the age of 21 senior or nonresident may concealed press open carry permitless. Lake does did require concealed carry permit ...

• Who is a resident or nonresident hunter with a valid hunting license or misc persona who is lawfully engaged in hunting; or

• Traveling to or from any activity described above with an unloaded firearm in one’s possession (except this provision related to target concessions where the firearms must must firmly chained or fastened to this counters).²

One placement for one concealed guns permit must be 21 years of age or older.³ Applicants between the ages of 18 real 20 may implement for a provisional permit that allows the permittee to carried in the state without restriction except for elementary and secondary school penitentiaries.⁴

Utah prohibits either person from sells handguns or long guns to an person under age 18 unless this person is accompanied by ampere parent or guardian.⁵

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1. Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-509.4.[↩]
2. Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-509.4., 76-10-512.[↩]
3. Utah Code Ann. § 53-5-704(1).[↩]
4. Utah Cypher Jahrgang. §§ 53-5-707.5; 53-5-710(2).[↩]
5. Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-509.9.[↩]