I apologise in advance if this is a duplicate thread; I promise I tried my best to search.
Since "forever", what many like to call the "gun show loophole" has existed around the US. This has, among other things, allowed legal adults under the age of 21 to purchase handguns, as long as it does not go through an FFL. SB941 aimed to tighten this loophole in Oregon, as private party sales, by the letter of the law, must now involve a background check, which, for the most part, is something FFLs do. However, SB941 specifies ORS166.436 as an alternate route for a fully legal private-party sale, going so far as to amend the language to emphasise its new purpose -- Under this statute, the transaction does not go through an FFL, but a private party at a gun show dials up the Department of State Police and does the background check right then and there.
As I understand it, it is only federal law, 18 USC § 922(b)(1), with no further state law, that prohibits strictly licenced entities from selling a handgun to anyone under the age of 21, and SB941 introduced nothing to contradict this. Now, my question is, does a private-party sale under this statute permit an 18-20-year-old (in this case myself, 20) to make a fully legal handgun purchase assuming the seller is willing to go the ORS166.436 route?
Since "forever", what many like to call the "gun show loophole" has existed around the US. This has, among other things, allowed legal adults under the age of 21 to purchase handguns, as long as it does not go through an FFL. SB941 aimed to tighten this loophole in Oregon, as private party sales, by the letter of the law, must now involve a background check, which, for the most part, is something FFLs do. However, SB941 specifies ORS166.436 as an alternate route for a fully legal private-party sale, going so far as to amend the language to emphasise its new purpose -- Under this statute, the transaction does not go through an FFL, but a private party at a gun show dials up the Department of State Police and does the background check right then and there.
As I understand it, it is only federal law, 18 USC § 922(b)(1), with no further state law, that prohibits strictly licenced entities from selling a handgun to anyone under the age of 21, and SB941 introduced nothing to contradict this. Now, my question is, does a private-party sale under this statute permit an 18-20-year-old (in this case myself, 20) to make a fully legal handgun purchase assuming the seller is willing to go the ORS166.436 route?