On May 24, 2010, at 2:41 PM, Volokh, Eugene wrote:
> Folks: As I read 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(b)(1), it's illegal for an
> FFL to sell a handgun to an 18-to-20-year-old, but quite legal for a
> nonprofessional to sell it to the 18-to-20-year-old (and for the
> 18-to-20-year-old to buy it) even if the nonprofessional knows or suspects
> that the buyer is under 21. Am I correct in so understanding? (I realize
> that some states ban handgun possession by under-21-year-olds, but I'm
> speaking here of the federal ban.)
>
> Also, as a practical matter, are there typically publications
> in most places with classified ads placed by nonprofessional sellers offering
> to sell their handguns, or does that generally not happen? Thanks,
I'm pretty confident your understanding is correct. Here in Arizona,
18-year-olds can carry handguns openly, and after July, will be able to conceal
them. They can buy them from private parties, or their parents can buy them
for them (this is not considered a straw purchase, as the recipient can own the
gun legally). All above board.
I can't say "most" places, but before 1990 or so you could find handguns for
sale in the classifieds section of practically every newspaper in America.
Since then, a number of liberal/big-city newspapers have announced with much
fanfare that they would no longer accept classified ads for firearms, but in
"flyover country" the newspapers generally are doing business as usual.
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