can a 6 year old legaly own a gun?

[SheepDog223]

Can a 4 year old? Two year old? If tomorrow a law were to get passed making it illegal to transfer ownership of a firearm to another person could I transfer ownership legally to a child?
I'm not talking about letting them play with it, handle it, sleep with it or any other extreme stretch your imaginations can take this. Just legal ownership.

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[deadeye]

No

 

[IronMonster]

Not in Washington, Oregon or Idaho, there is a 18 year old minimum. However it is legal in 30 states which have no minimum age to own a gun.

 

[IronMonster]

That only goes for long guns. There is a federal law that restricts handgun ownership under 18

 

[IronMonster]

http://smartgunlaws.org/minimum-age-to-purchase-possess-firearms-policy-summary/#federal

 

[Redcap]

Thought you didn't legally own anything until you became a legal adult? I could be wrong. Meh.

 

[mjbskwim]

An ffl can not sell a gun to a person under 21 so it kinda means ,that in WA now,you can't buy 1 till 21
Cause most ffls I have talked to won't agree that a 18yo can own a handgun
Please show me wrong,I would like to be on this.

 

[Mark W.]

An FFL can sell a rifle to anyone legally allowed and the age of 18 or over. For a Handgun it bumps up to 21 and older.

In private purchase Federal law does not prohibit someone age 18 or over from buying a handgun. So its not illegal to sell privately to an 18 year old a handgun.

Which with the new laws in Washington make that an odd quandary since the transaction is handled by an FFL.

 

[Stomper]

The FFL is not actually selling the firearm in a private transaction, merely facilitating it.

 

[JustShoot]

Inheritance
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[Stomper]

Confiscated to pay the inheritance tax.... next!

 

[bakersman345]

That's why a trust is important

 

[Fast Eddie]

Can a 4 year old? Two year old? If tomorrow a law were to get passed making it illegal to transfer ownership of a firearm to another person could I transfer ownership legally to a child?
I'm not talking about letting them play with it, handle it, sleep with it or any other extreme stretch your imaginations can take this. Just legal ownership.

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