At 18, you can walk in and purchase a mossberg 500 with regular stock, and the ffl can include the pistol only grip. After transaction and check, he can install the parts to make it a pistol grip, smile and walk out with it. But, if the ffl has it installed, an 18 year old can't buy it. wtf?
I can sell a handgun to an 18 year old, could be stolen, in a chic fil a parking lot, cop can not interfere with transaction, he can also ride around with it loaded in his vehicle. cops can not bother him about it. Although federal law states you can own a handgun at 18, am 18 year old can not buy from an ffl where he will reciece a background check and get a legit handgun. By the same token, he can buy 9mm ammo for his 995 carbine, but not for a handgun...
At 17, you can enlist in the military, go to Iraq, fight in combat zones, lose your leg, come home at 18, and although you've done so much for your country m, you can't get a firearms permit, where you also go through a background check...
Sure, there's some 18 year holds that don't need a gun, or to carry one, there's also guys 21+ that damn sure don't need to have one, but they do.
Atleast if they were legal to buy from dealers, you'd know they were getting background checks....
I can sell a handgun to an 18 year old, could be stolen, in a chic fil a parking lot, cop can not interfere with transaction, he can also ride around with it loaded in his vehicle. cops can not bother him about it. Although federal law states you can own a handgun at 18, am 18 year old can not buy from an ffl where he will reciece a background check and get a legit handgun. By the same token, he can buy 9mm ammo for his 995 carbine, but not for a handgun...
At 17, you can enlist in the military, go to Iraq, fight in combat zones, lose your leg, come home at 18, and although you've done so much for your country m, you can't get a firearms permit, where you also go through a background check...
Sure, there's some 18 year holds that don't need a gun, or to carry one, there's also guys 21+ that damn sure don't need to have one, but they do.
Atleast if they were legal to buy from dealers, you'd know they were getting background checks....