Conn. Crim. Jury Instr. 8.2-4

The defendant is charged [in count__] with the sale or transfer of a pistol or revolver to a person

under 21 years of age. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:

no person shall (sell / barter / hire / lend / give / deliver / transfer) to any person under

the age of twenty-one years any pistol or revolver.

For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements

beyond a reasonable doubt:

Element 1 - Sold or transferred pistol or revolver

The first element is that the defendant (sold / bartered / hired / lent / gave / delivered /

transferred) a pistol or revolver to another person. The word[s] (sold / bartered / hired / lent /

gave / delivered / transferred) (has its / have their) ordinary meaning.

A “pistol or revolver” means any firearm having a barrel less than twelve inches.

Element 2 - To a person under 21 years of age

The second element is that the person was under 21 years of age at the time that (he/she)

received the pistol or revolver.

Conclusion

In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant (sold /

bartered / hired / lent / gave / delivered / transferred) a pistol or revolver to another person, and

2) that person was under 21 years of age at the time.

If you unanimously find that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements

of the crime of the sale or transfer of a pistol or revolver to a person under 21 years of age, then

you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has

failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant

not guilty.

1 Because the definition of “pistol or revolver” derives from General Statutes § 29-27, operability

of the pistol or revolver is not a requirement of this offense. See glossary entry for pistol or

revolver.