qcpunk said:
Navy, In Arizona you MUST be 21 years old to purchase handguns and handgun ammunition.
qcpunk, you are confusing the Federal law prohibiting sales of handguns and handgun ammunition
BY FFLs to persons under 21 years of age with Arizona statutes. Arizona statutes only prohibit firearms sales/gifts to those under 18 years of age. Thus, in Arizona, a person who is 18 years or older may purchase any firearm and ammunition, handguns included, in private sales from other Arizona residents. If you can post a statute that states otherwise, I would be pleased to see it. For your edification, the applicable Arizona statutes are posted below.
In Arizona you MUST be
18 years old to purchase handguns and handgun ammunition.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/1/00215.htm&Title=1&DocType=ARS
1-215. Definitions
In the statutes and laws of this state, unless the context otherwise requires:
22. "Minor" means a person under the age of eighteen years.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/ars/13/03109.htm&Title=13&DocType=ARS
13-3109. Sale or gift of firearm to minor; classification
A. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a person who sells or gives to a minor, without written consent of the minor's parent or legal guardian, a firearm, ammunition or a toy pistol by which dangerous and explosive substances may be discharged is guilty of a class 6 felony.
B. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require reporting sales of firearms, nor shall registration of firearms or firearms sales be required.
C. The temporary transfer of firearms and ammunition by firearms safety instructors, hunter safety instructors, competition coaches or their assistants shall be allowed if the minor's parent or guardian has given consent for the minor to participate in activities such as firearms or hunting safety courses, firearms competition or training. With the consent of the minor's parent or guardian, the temporary transfer of firearms and ammunition by an adult accompanying minors engaged in hunting or formal or informal target shooting activities shall be allowed for those purposes.
In addition, Federal law also permits private handgun/ammunition sales to persons 18 years of age or older:
18 USC 922(x):
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/usc_sec_18_00000922----000-.html
(x)
(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile—
(A) a handgun; or
(B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any person who is a juvenile to knowingly possess—
(A) a handgun; or
(B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun.
(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.