In response to post #9.It is not illegal, for a person under 21 to fire a hand gun. The fact he got ammo that could be used in a hand gun and posted it here SO WHAT! He did nothing wrong,yes the seller could have a problem not him.
This whole thing about a person under 21 not being able to buy a hand gun is absurd.
When I turned 18 (living in NJ) I went down to my local PD and applied for a firearms ID card and a pistol permit, about 8 months later I received both.
Three or four days later I went down to a large gun store and purchased a new Colt Combat Commander. When I got home My father said that I needed to call the gun store right away. When I called them they begged me to please bring the gun back, they said that they were not allowed to sell to someone under 21. (I was not aware of this law)
I returned the gun and then had to apply for a new pistol permit.
After getting a new permit I had a friend of mine purchase the pistol and then I purchased it from him.(Straw sale? I don't think so we both had pistol permits)NJ law allowed a person under 21 to purchase a hand gun from a non FFL person.
A few years later when I was 22 I joined the PD in my town, about a year later they hired a new officer who was 20 yrs. old. Now get this he could carry a gun on duty,a gun off duty but he could not buy a pistol from a FFL or buy pistol ammo.
Does that make any sense?
This whole thing about a person under 21 not being able to buy a hand gun is absurd.
When I turned 18 (living in NJ) I went down to my local PD and applied for a firearms ID card and a pistol permit, about 8 months later I received both.
Three or four days later I went down to a large gun store and purchased a new Colt Combat Commander. When I got home My father said that I needed to call the gun store right away. When I called them they begged me to please bring the gun back, they said that they were not allowed to sell to someone under 21. (I was not aware of this law)
I returned the gun and then had to apply for a new pistol permit.
After getting a new permit I had a friend of mine purchase the pistol and then I purchased it from him.(Straw sale? I don't think so we both had pistol permits)NJ law allowed a person under 21 to purchase a hand gun from a non FFL person.
A few years later when I was 22 I joined the PD in my town, about a year later they hired a new officer who was 20 yrs. old. Now get this he could carry a gun on duty,a gun off duty but he could not buy a pistol from a FFL or buy pistol ammo.
Does that make any sense?