549.07  UNDERAGE PURCHASE OF FIREARM.
   (a)   No person under eighteen years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm.
   (b)   No person under twenty-one years of age shall purchase or attempt to purchase a handgun, provided that this subsection does not apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by a person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years of age if either of the following apply:
      (1)   The person is a law enforcement officer who is properly appointed or employed as a law enforcement officer and has received firearms training approved by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council or equivalent firearms training.
      (2)   The person is an active or reserve member of the armed services of the United States or the Ohio national guard, or was honorably discharged from military service in the active or reserve armed services of the United States or the Ohio national guard, and the person has received firearms training from the armed services or the national guard or equivalent firearms training.
   (c)   Whoever violates subsection (a) hereof is guilty of underage purchase of a firearm, a delinquent act that would be a felony of the fourth degree if it could be committed by an adult.  Whoever violates subsection (b) hereof is guilty of underage purchase of a handgun, a misdemeanor of the second degree.  (ORC 2923.211)