RE: Ferguson: too much or not enough?
August 19, 2014 at 7:47 pm
(This post was last modified: August 19, 2014 at 7:48 pm by Brakeman.)
(August 19, 2014 at 2:12 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(August 19, 2014 at 1:08 pm)Brakeman Wrote: I see three items of interest in the picture.
1. A gun which Michael is just barely old enough to buy and of which I very, very highly doubt that he purchased legally.
Without comment on the rest (I'm still trying to determine what likely happened), the bolded part is incorrect. You have to be 21 to lawfully purchase a handgun anywhere in the U.S.
That's what I thought initially, I had even typed it in my first draft, but surprisingly it isn't true. It is a federal law that you have to be at least 21 to be a licensed dealer of guns, but in most states you only have to be 18 to purchase a handgun.
Quote:Minimum Ages for Firearmshttp://smartgunlaws.org/minimum-age-to-p...y-summary/
State Purchase of a Handgun Purchase of a Long Gun
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Missouri 18 18
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