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Same thing with weapons. Go shoot automatic rifles with the government, oh you want to buy hand gun ammunition? Sorry you can't, have to be 21.
by post_break 10y ago
Same thing with weapons. Go shoot automatic rifles with the government, oh you want to buy hand gun ammunition? Sorry you can't, have to be 21.
- 0xfeba 10y agoDepends on the state, but Federal law does require you to be 21 or older to purchase a handgun. Ammunition can be sold without any background checks or ID checks in some states.
- post_break 10y ago21 to purchase from a retail, I believe it's still 18 to purchase from an individual, making it even more backwards.
- dTal 10y agoIs that really so backwards? Seems to me that a personal sale is a more intimate exchange and it might be expected that the seller vets the buyer a bit more carefully than your average retail transaction, thus justifying the lower age restriction.
- simplyluke 10y agoThis is correct in Texas. It's rooted in an issue in how the ATF defines weapons.
- Zak 10y agoIt's rooted in federalism. The federal government generally doesn't have the power to regulate transactions between individuals within a state. When it has assumed such powers, it has required some legal gymnastics. A gun dealer with an FFL has a license to do interstate commerce in firearms and is subject to federal regulations on the subject. A private sale is governed by state law.
- LordKano 10y agoWhen I was 18, I bought a 9mm Carbine so for me it was rifle ammunition.
- fapjacks 10y agoNot only automatic rifles. Hand grenades, fully-automatic grenade launchers, anti-tank rocket launchers, claymore mines... You name it. The infantry can be pretty fun.