NickBlackburn
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Hello, its been a while since ive gotten on these forums. Anyways, does anyone know where I(18 years old) can purchase a handgun?
Better try seattleguns.net.
Forgive me for sounding skeptical, but I think this may be a setup. Isn't it against state law for someone under 21 to purchase a handgun?
Forgive me for sounding skeptical, but I think this may be a setup. Isn't it against state law for someone under 21 to purchase a handgun?
If I were you I would try the Puyallup gun show and find a non dealer (if any exist at the WAC any more) to buy from.
A person age 18 to 21 can purchase a handgun in a private transaction from a unlicenced non-dealer.
It is not legal for a DEALER to sell a pistol to anyone under 21.
I can't find the RCW on this but that is what I understand the RCW to be.
So if you want to buy a handgun, you have to buy from a private sale. If I were you I would try the Puyallup gun show and find a non dealer (if any exist at the WAC any more) to buy from.
Good luck.
RCW 9.41.240
Possession of pistol by person from eighteen to twenty-one.
Unless an exception under RCW 9.41.042, 9.41.050, or 9.41.060 applies, a person at least eighteen years of age, but less than twenty-one years of age, may possess a pistol only:
(1) In the person's place of abode;
(2) At the person's fixed place of business; or
(3) On real property under his or her control.
This is not the whole law. When it comes to persons 18-21, (or anyone for that matter) you MUST read the whole law, especially the "unless an exception under.... applies".
Read RCW 9.41.060 (exemptions) 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 can apply to the under 21 person, and (8) very specifically applies to EVERYONE...no age restriction
Might want to start reading here: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.060
I don't believe the WAC will give him a badge..... No badge, no buy.