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As a dealer, I cannot transfer anything other then a long gun to someone 18-20 years of age.
That pretty much settles in then, yeah?
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As a dealer, I cannot transfer anything other then a long gun to someone 18-20 years of age.
Well I respect your right to do so, although I disagree. I recently turned 21, and have been a legal handgun owner since I was 18.
I have always been responsible with my firearms, and have taught many of my peers how to safely use and handle a firearm, dispelling many of the myths they have had about them.
There are many "children" out there who are well into their thirties and forties. I would urge people to discriminate on a person to person basis, not just because of age.
Well I respect your right to do so, although I disagree. I recently turned 21, and have been a legal handgun owner since I was 18.
I have always been responsible with my firearms, and have taught many of my peers how to safely use and handle a firearm, dispelling many of the myths they have had about them.
There are many "children" out there who are well into their thirties and forties. I would urge people to discriminate on a person to person basis, not just because of age.
I have bought many firearms, none of which have I sold or given away. Everyone is a child to me until proven otherwise. In fact, your right to bear arms ends at my property line. At that point, it becomes criminal trespass, unless I allow it. My home ends at my property line; not a wall or a fence.I thought this was pretty much common knowledge. Is it legal in most states to sell a gun to a person 18-20 in a private sale? Yes, it is. Would I ever do it? God, no. I am not risking my reputation on the judgement of what I consider a child. Especially the ones these days.
Ask and be familiar with the commie gun laws. My friends and I have grown kids now and we raised them to shoot/fish and hunt. Gun Protection in these scary times is rampant in our country. If your minors want a gun and you agree, then they should have a gun and where they get the gun, is nobody's business. Protecting your family and ones own self are God given rights in the constitution. If something should happen to them when they are unarmed the consequences of obeying unconstitutional laws are not wort it. I lost a daughter. If she had a gun she would most probably be alive today. Is it worth endangering minors because of communist laws??
No need to say "must be 21" to purchase handgun in Washington State. It's simply not true. Selling handguns to adults over 18 is perfectly legal for private (non-FFL) sales. This article contains official letters from the Washington State Attorney General's office and the ATF proving that purchasing a handgun from a non-FFL is not illegal for individuals aged between 18 and 20.
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From the article:
(By Conner Edwards of the Freedom Foundation)
"Federal law generally prohibits anyone under the age of 18 from possessing handguns. Title 18, U.S.C., Chapter 44 prohibits [gun stores] from transferring handguns, or ammunitions for handguns, to any person who the [gun store] knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is less than 21 years of Age. With respect to the transfer of firearms by a non-licensee, Title 18, U.S.C., Chapter 44 prohibits a person from selling, delivering or otherwise transferring a handgun, or ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun, to someone who the transferor knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, is less than 18 years of age. Therefore, non-dealers may transfer handguns or handgun ammunition only to persons 18 years of age or older, while dealers may transfer those items only to persons 21 years of age or older"
This being said, you must be 21 years of age to apply for a concealed carry permit.
Here are the most applicable rules related to possession of a handgun for individuals aged between 18-20 years of age...
(RCW 9.41.240 is the guiding statute, exemptions include RCW 9.41.042, 9.41.050, and 9.41.060)
If you are aged between 18-20 years of age, it is legal to possess a pistol in (but not limited to) the following circumstances...
1) You are in your place of abode (pursuant to RCW 9.41.240(1))
2) You are at your place of business (pursuant to RCW 9.41.240(2))
3) You are on real property under your control (pursuant to RCW 9.41.240(3))
4) You are engaging in practice in the use of a firearm or target shooting at an established range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located or any other area where the discharge of a firearm is not prohibited (pursuant to RCW 9.41.042 (2))
5) You are traveling with an unloaded firearm to or from an established range or area where discharge of a firearm is not prohibited. (pursuant to RCW 9.41.042 (6))
6) You have left the unloaded pistol in your locked vehicle obscured from outside view. (pursuant to RCW 9.41.050(3)(a))
7) You are engaging in a lawful outdoor recreational activity such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, or horseback riding. (Pursuant to RCW 9.41.060(8))
8) You are carrying it unloaded and in a closed opaque case or secure wrapper (pursuant to RCW 9.41.060 (9))
Not to a Vietnam Vet. I was not eligible to vote until I was 20 and, because I was always in the Gulf of Tonkin during elections, I did not get to vote until 1976, when I was 25.Seems weird you could be sentenced as an adult for crimes, go to war and fight but dont have your constitutional rights?
I suspect you still have partially developed brains and questionable decision making skills if you think it improves with age. If your ASSumption is so, then they should not let you enlist, much less draft you for military service. Lives and millions of dollars in equipment were part of my responsibilities when I was under 20 and still a virgin in the USN. That's correct. 20 years and 20 days old. Millions of dollars in equipment and 100s of lives depending on me not to make a bad call as an NCO.Yep 18-20 still children with only partially developed brains and questionable decision making skills.I'm
its an established undisputed fact in neuroscience that you arent an adult until 28-30, when the prefrontal cortex firms up and ones character is brought to maturity.I suspect you still have partially developed brains and questionable decision making skills if you think it improves with age. If your ASSumption is so, then they should not let you enlist, much less draft you for military service. Lives and millions of dollars in equipment were part of my responsibilities when I was under 20 and still a virgin in the USN. That's correct. 20 years and 20 days old. Millions of dollars in equipment and 100s of lives depending on me not to make a bad call as an NCO.
A positive in my bookFederal Court determines handgun ban for 18-21
UnConstitutional
Federal Court Declares Handgun Ban for Adults Under 21 Unconstitutional
A three-judge panel in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday the Second Amendment protects the rights of 18-to-20-year-olds to buy handguns. It struck down federal laws that prohibited…thereload.com