Well, I live in Texas and age 18 is fast approaching. The way it's been explained to me, it's legal for your parents to give you a handgun as a gift or to buy one in a face to face transfer at age 18, but you can't buy from an FFL until 21. Why is this? Doesn't make much sense to me...
Handgun at 18?
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AnthonyRSS
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As far as I know and as much as I've read about it I think you can legally possess a handgun at age 18 but not carrying, obviously, without the permit. I have read in the NRA brochure on the gun laws of Alabama and it only mentions that you have to be 18 or older to have a handgun. In the Federal brochure on child gun laws it also defines a minor as one under 18 and cannot possess a handgun but those being over eighteen can. I am 19 so am also real interested in a lawyerly answer to this question, although my dad has no problems buying handguns for me as long as they are, uh, his. I wouldn't take this completely as fact but according to what I have read I am right.
its a gay law that has been put there by the democrats.
i am 20 and i have had a carry permit for over a year and have carried for over a year. you have to either have you parents buy it from a dealer and then sell it to you or give to you. you may be able to get away with also purchasing it from a person but it better not be a straw purchase, they buy it and turn around and sell it to you.
you can carry depending on what your state laws are for the minimal required age to recieve a ccw for your state.
i live in Indiana.
i wish they would change the limit back to 18 or give me the ability to purchase one while i have my carry permit, hell i would even let them have it TEMPORARILY registered, with those records being destroyed at 21, so that i could buy and not go through my parents
i am 20 and i have had a carry permit for over a year and have carried for over a year. you have to either have you parents buy it from a dealer and then sell it to you or give to you. you may be able to get away with also purchasing it from a person but it better not be a straw purchase, they buy it and turn around and sell it to you.
you can carry depending on what your state laws are for the minimal required age to recieve a ccw for your state.
i live in Indiana.
i wish they would change the limit back to 18 or give me the ability to purchase one while i have my carry permit, hell i would even let them have it TEMPORARILY registered, with those records being destroyed at 21, so that i could buy and not go through my parents
Ignition, where are you? And don't always trust the FFL, I had one ask me once why I didn't carry. It took me and the two other employees to get it throught that I am not permitted to carry until I was 21.
Here is my MI 'safety permit' (pistol registration). When I got this, It was made clear to me that the only way I could not get the pistol was to buy directly from an FFL, due to Federal laws. Having parents buy for me could be a straw purchase. This particular pistol is a present, but my other was a face to face transfer.
Here is my MI 'safety permit' (pistol registration). When I got this, It was made clear to me that the only way I could not get the pistol was to buy directly from an FFL, due to Federal laws. Having parents buy for me could be a straw purchase. This particular pistol is a present, but my other was a face to face transfer.
Hey, no fair! You get a license to carry, and I gotta wait another two and a half years 
Maybe I'll transfer to Purdue
I just sttuck that up there to show it was legal to own a pistol at 18. There was a guy I was just discussing this with (methinks at THR, but not sure) that was set that you HAD to be 21.
Maybe I'll transfer to Purdue
I just sttuck that up there to show it was legal to own a pistol at 18. There was a guy I was just discussing this with (methinks at THR, but not sure) that was set that you HAD to be 21.