Federal law allows the sale of a long gun or a handgun between private parties of the same state....

[Logical]

as long as the purchaser is 18 years of age or older for long guns, 21 for handguns.

It is not a loophole. It is federal law.

End of a over discussed dramatic non-story.

[elleng]

1. Swell.

[Logical]

2. LOL, that was informative!

[burf]

3. There you go.......

being logical again! Why must you confuse people with the facts?

[TheWraith]

4. Not quite. For a handgun, the buyer must be 21.

Also, obviously both the buyer and the seller must be legally able to possess the weapon. But otherwise correct.

[Logical]

5. Thanks for the clarification!

[PavePusher]

7. Actually, no. The 21-or-over rule is for FFL's only.

Private sale age regulation is up to the state, and in many is 18.

www.handgunlaw.com

[TheWraith]

9. I stand corrected.

I knew that the minimum federal age of POSSESSION was 18, but I was under the impression that 21 was the universal age to purchase regardless of source.

However, you linked to an empty site. I believe you meant to link to Handgunlaw.us.

[PavePusher]

13. Oops, yes. handgunlaw.us n/t

[michreject]

12. Not really

In MI. I can sell a used handgun, in a private transaction, to a person who is 18. You need to be 21 to buy from a FFL holder.

[bluerum]

6. It is called commerce. In my state both parties must be properly licensed to own the firearm

involved in the transaction.

[cleanhippie]

8. What do you mean "properly licensed to own a firearm"?

[Atypical Liberal]

14. He probably lives in Illinois.

In Illinois, you must possess a FOID (Firearms Owner ID) to own a firearm, and you must see and record its details before selling a firearm to a private individual. Failure to do so is a misdemeanor.

[bluerum]

17. MA. Similar laws. Must be licensed to own any gun.

Pistols require class A or B. Long guns an 'fid' card.

You need a license to own it legally.

Then there are all kinds of laws about the guns themselves but thats another story for another day.

[krispos42]

10. I'm assuming you saw the Lawerence O'Donnell piece tonight?

Utterly predictable for the most part, except that they did go interview the sellers right after the transaction. It's a bit "gotcha", but the interviewer didn't spout a lot of holier-than-thou crap.



In lots of places when a family is having a yard sale, one of the things they'll advertise is a gun or two. Ooooo.....



insert scare music here


Speaking of music, I thought the score of the O'Donnell piece was pretty un-subtle.

[Logical]

11. It was a horrible stray and over dramatic!! What a joke!

[DonP]

16. There's a reason his ratings are in the crapper

O'Donnell is very impressed with himself, just ask him.

But he's only drawing slightly better than Phil Donahue did, and he was only getting 100,000 total, not even prime demographics. Reruns of the PowerPuff Girls on the Cartoon network were beating him for ratings ... and that's all the advertisers that pay the bills look at.

Last time I bothered to dig out my ratings books O'Donnell was around 120,000 total audience. As soon as they can find another host they probably will.

[ileus]

15. I haven't done a private sale in almost a week.