Can Someone Translate This Law?

[Ohio Rifleman]

Seems like the feds have restricted or prohibited possession of handguns by persons under 21, and you'd need to comply with those requirements as well.

I've checked the ATF site, and it seems that the Federal Gov't only restricts under 21s from purchasing a handgun from an FFL.

Concealed carry? Not likely to fit under the above categories.

I can live without CCW until I'm 21. I don't like it, but I can live with it. I'd just want a handgun for plinking and maybe HD.

 

[Atticus]

" I can live without CCW until I'm 21. I don't like it, but I can live with it. I'd just want a handgun for plinking and maybe HD."

Then have your mom or dad buy you one.

Da man said, " Instruction in firearms safety, care, handling, or marksmanship must be under either the supervision or control of a responsible adult. This does not necessarily require the actual presence of an adult, but does require that an adult exercise a reasonable amount of control to insure safety."

But if you screw up -you and your parents would likely be in deep doo-doo.

The intent of the law is to keep young,unsupervised, criminals (or wannabees) from legally owning handguns.

 

[Ohio Rifleman]

I wouldn't screw up. Period.

I take safe gun handling more seriously than some shooters much older than me. Like my dad's gun nut friend who covered my dad with the muzzle of a .380 pistol. And you can be SURE I'm no gangbanger.

 

[MT GUNNY]

Could he go to a neiboring state that alows purchase between 18 and21
then return home?

 

[Ohio Rifleman]

Does Michigan allow that? I might be heading up to the Cabelas up there in a few weeks.

 

[RNB65]

I might be heading up to the Cabelas up there in a few weeks.

Cabelas can't sell you a handgun regardless. They're an FFL dealer and you got to be 21 to buy a handgun from an FFL dealer.

 

[wdlsguy]

Could he go to a neiboring state that alows purchase between 18 and21 then return home?

Not legally. Interstate purchases of a handgun have to go through an FFL in your home state, and an FFL can't sell a handgun to someone under 21.

 

[Novus Collectus]

I can live without CCW until I'm 21. I don't like it, but I can live with it. I'd just want a handgun for plinking and maybe HD.

In most states you can buy an antique revolver firing modern ammunition when you are 18, or you can buy an "antique" replica cap and ball revolver when you are 18.
With the antique you will have a real gun, but if you want a reliable gun for HD and accurate enough for plinking, then you will probably have to buy an expensive one.
With the cap and ball revolver, which can be had for a few hundred dollars unless it is a Ruger, you can buy a cartridge cylinder for another few hundred dollars and fire regular centerfire ammo out of it since it is legal to "make" your own modern handgun in many states.

There are two very important caveats with both of these. It may be illegal under Ohio law for someone under 21 to do either, and you would not be able to legally buy the pistol ammunition until you are 21 (federal law). However, if it is legal in Ohio for you to posses a handgun under the age of 21, and/or to make one, then you can either have your parents provide you with the ammunition, roll your own, or have a rifle that uses the same cartridge and purchase the ammo for the rifle when you purchase it to stay within the law.

Third caveat, I am not a lawyer and this is just my general understanding.