S.B. No. 284 Summary

• Raises the minimum age to purchase any firearm from 18 to 21 years old in Ohio.

• Raises the minimum age to purchase a handgun from 18 to 21 years old, with exceptions for law enforcement officers and active/reserve armed forces members.

• Increases the penalty for improperly furnishing firearms to minors from a fifth-degree felony to a third-degree felony.

• Establishes that persons under 21 years of age cannot purchase or attempt to purchase any firearm, with limited exceptions for qualified law enforcement and military personnel.

• Creates new violations for underage firearm purchases, making it a delinquent act (fourth-degree felony equivalent) for those under 18 and a second-degree misdemeanor for those 18-21 years old.