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sabrefanpc

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I live in Florida, am getting into shooting at the range, and have no interest in carry, which is good since I am not yet 21 and thus can't get a permit. I was told by a local pawn shop owner that being between 18 and 21, I cannot buy a handgun. So I can go out and buy an AK-47 but not a .22 or 9mm target pistol? Can anyone verify or explain?
 
If you're buying a gun through an FFL (which includes most pawnshops) you can only buy rifles and shotguns until you reach the age of 21. Once you reach 21 you can buy handguns through an FFL. The pawnshop is not trying to be a pain, its just federal law.

18 USC 922(b) states in pertinant part:

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver—
(1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than twenty-one years of age;​
 
Sabre, if I'm getting the jist of your post, yes it is indeed idiotic that you can buy an AK and not a pistol. Somehow, the responsibility fairy comes to you in the middle of the night of your 21st birthday and sprinkles a little civic responsibility on your head. *POOF* You are now responsible.
 
Two years ago, a young friend of mine received a sizeable sum of cash for his high school graduation. He had just turned 18. He took his gift to the local gun store and walked out with a bolt-action .50 BMG rifle with a nice scope.

Next year he'll be responsible enough to buy a .22 pistol. :rolleyes:
 
well, since the pixie hasnt graced me with its presence yet, I guess I will have to give up the pea shooter and go for something that can actually do some damage...

So its a national statute? Then buying from CDNN isn't going to help(?)
 
If you are between 18 and 21, you can still purchase a handgun in a private sale; as well as be giving one as a present.
 
kdawg - Under federal law you may be correct, but sabrefanpc should also check his state and local laws to be sure. In my state, someone under the age of 21 must be supervised by an adult when using a handgun. Of course, the definition of an adult is anyone over 18, so that law makes as much sense as these others.

-Dave
 
Yeah, our gun laws in this "free" country are toataly messed up.

It should be, once you turn 18 you should be able to buy anything.

You can go off and die for this country but you cant drink, or own a hand gun... :rolleyes:
 
I don't think I ever felt so insulted as I did back in the Fall of 1969 when I
went into a hardware store and tried to buy a box of .22 LR shells. The clerk told me I couldn't buy .22 shells, because they were considered "handgun"
cartridges, and I wasn't 21.

It seemed that between the time I went into the Marine Corps in early 1968,
and the time I came home on leave in the fall of 1969, Congress had passed something called the "GCA 68". They said it was a response to the killings of
JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr. The fact that I had just spent many months in a Marine rifle company in Viet Nam, and had spent the last two months in a Naval hospital recovering from wounds received in Viet Nam, didn't phase the clerk one bit.

I think that was they day I began to wonder if our federal government might not be getting out of control.

Walter
 
Christ, that handgun cartridge stuff kills me!!!

My son went to by some .45 for his CX4 Storm... clerk told him no because he is 19. That is ridiculous, as I see no reason to classify handgun ammo.

On the contrary, one get one of those Thor 45-70 handguns, and buy all the ammo he wants for it... since its rifle ammo.
 
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