Tendler v. District of Columbia

CLAGETT, Associate Judge.

Appellant, a licensed firearms dealer, was convicted in the trial court of selling to a minor under 18 years of age a “Benjamin Franklin” air pistol and sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or to serve ten days in jail. We granted the application for allowance of appeal1 to determine whether such sale constituted a violation of Article IX, Sec. 3 of the District of Columbia Police Regulations under which the prosecution was brought. The regulation in question provides : “It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell to any child or children under the age of 18…