so does that law pertain to having already bought the full length shotgun, but then do your own customization to it. say puting on a pistol grip top folding stock.
No. As long as it stays legal, you can do whatever you want to it once it's yours
so does that law pertain to having already bought the full length shotgun, but then do your own customization to it. say puting on a pistol grip top folding stock.
Someone who's immature at 18's gonna be just as immature at 21. Hell, some people never mature.
When I grew up in New York State the drinking age was 18, I joined the service at 17, was stationed in Hawaii where the age was 20; could drink on base and in bars while cruising the Far East which seemed to have no drinking age. NYS raised it to 21 and has remained there. I was in the military and could not go into town and have a drink legally but could go to Vietnam and get shot at. I had a shotgun and a .222 at 16 but did not own a handgun until I moved to Indiana at the age of 42. Talk about unfair, a 20 year old not being allowed to buy his own lower on a scale of 1 to 10 is a zero as far as I am concerned.
I agree that there are 50 year olds that act like 10 and a rare 10 year old that acts 21. The problem is a few law breakers draw attention to themselves and become the poster child for anti-gun advocates or whatever the issue is at the time. It is kind of difficult to base a law on anyone under 50 who acts like 10 can't buy a lower but it is much easier based upon past practice to set a age limit of 21.
Indiana has some of the most liberal gun laws in the country and we should count our blessings.
I find this interpretation to be puzzling.
The receiver of a weapon is the bit that is legally considered to be a firearm. So at the time it is sold, wouldn't an AR-15 receiver sold to an 18 year old by an FFL be a rifle?
Thinking back to the first receiver I bought (when I was 18) ... hmm ... I know when the FFL called in the background check he called it a rifle. I don't recall what he wrote down on the 4473 or in his bound book. This was quite a few years ago.If it is marked "receiver", it isn't a shotgun or rifle, and therefore not exempt from the 21 year old age requirement set forth in the GCA.
Thinking back to the first receiver I bought (when I was 18) ... hmm ... I know when the FFL called in the background check he called it a rifle. I don't recall what he wrote down on the 4473 or in his bound book. This was quite a few years ago.
I see.And I've bought receivers that way as recently as 6 months back. The problem is that the new 4473 has an area specifically for receivers, so when you call it in as a receiver, you have to be 21
The reason so many states with a 18 YO drinking age changed it to 21 is because of abuse and lack of maturity; could this be the reason the gun law is changing for under 21 folks?
When I grew up in New York State the drinking age was 18, I joined the service at 17, was stationed in Hawaii where the age was 20; could drink on base and in bars while cruising the Far East which seemed to have no drinking age. NYS raised it to 21 and has remained there. I was in the military and could not go into town and have a drink legally but could go to Vietnam and get shot at. I had a shotgun and a .222 at 16 but did not own a handgun until I moved to Indiana at the age of 42. Talk about unfair, a 20 year old not being allowed to buy his own lower on a scale of 1 to 10 is a zero as far as I am concerned.
I agree that there are 50 year olds that act like 10 and a rare 10 year old that acts 21. The problem is a few law breakers draw attention to themselves and become the poster child for anti-gun advocates or whatever the issue is at the time. It is kind of difficult to base a law on anyone under 50 who acts like 10 can't buy a lower but it is much easier based upon past practice to set a age limit of 21.
Indiana has some of the most liberal gun laws in the country and we should count our blessings.
Ok so help me get my facts straight guys.
1. It is legal for a person 18 or older to own a handgun
2. It is illegal for a person below 21 to buy a handgun FROM AN FFL
So what is the best and most responsible way for a person between 18 and 21 to obtain a handgun?
It is ok to own one but not to buy one so that is almost hypocritical am I not right? I guess there is no sense owning one if you cant OC or CC anyways until you are 21. Guess I will be waiting 2 months til I hit that age. lol
I have just been learned. Appreciate your K.I.S.S. method Techres. Now I want to buy one from someone off this site and then I will have to wait 2 months to get my LTCH permit. I'm looking forward to that more than I am looking forward to drinking a beer. (legally anyways)
I guess our gun laws are better than I thought. You do only have to be 18 to get a LTCH. I love bein learned. (not to overuse it) Thanks Techres. I guess Im not the only one online this late. ( I work an evening shift til 8 pm)