In most states you must be 21 to buy or even own a pistol regardless of where you get it.
WRONG! where do you guys get these ideas,,, from back east, like NY, NJ, MA MD and CT? There are very few states that restrict purchase and posession of a pistol to 21 and over. Go to
Handgunlaw.us and read the laws.
There are very few states that will issue a concealed permit to someone under 21 (ID is one that will, MT is another0 but it is federal law that a LICENSED DEALER (FFL) cannot sell a pistol to someone under 21. The individual states (and most of them do) are the ones that allow or disallow POSSESSION by someone under 18.
When you read the laws...remember...a JUVENILE is someone under 18....NOT someone under 21.