- Jan 12, 2012
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Well in this case the rule is clearly bad when you're 18, allowed to own a gun, allowed by your state to carry it but not allowed by the federal government to buy it in a gun store.
That's just like being issued a driver's licence but not being allowed to buy a car from your local dealership.
Maybe until he's 21 he could just buy a long gun and carry it around as a form of protest.
The point at issue is that the restriction is NOT on the 18 year old buyer. It is on the seller. A federally licensed gun dealer is not allowed to sell to anyone under 21. You only become subject to punishment if you lie on the form, much like people who couldn't have been proven guilty of any actual wrong-doing who get nabbed for perjury or lying to the police during the investigation or the trial.