Meathook wrote:
I had a similar situation with regard to Ammo here in NY this weekend. I live in a rural town about 45 minutes from the closest Walmart. Dick's sporting goods had ammo on sale last week and so I asked my brother to pick some up for me. Well the guy said they wouldn't sell him 9mm or 380 because my brother doesn't have a 9mm on his permit. But they would sell him 38 Special because he has one of those on his permit. It is a shame in NY we have to have all of our handguns listed on our permits let alone have to produce them to buy ammo.
To add to it my brother had called me on the phone from the store and asked me what I wanted him to do I said ask the guy about 44 magnum. The guy said nope can't sell it to you without it on your permit. I said tell the guy it is for a rifle (I have a Marlin 44). Nope. So I have a gun I can't buy ammo for in your "sporting goods" store.
Interestingly enough I went to Walmart myself this weekend in another part of the state walked in bought 380 and 9mm with not so much as a how do you do.
I asked my brother if the next time he was in the store to ask if that was a store policy or a law and then make the guy show the documentation of either. I hate rules like this whether store policy or law that are inconsistently applied and make no sense. :banghead:
I do not know why you think these rules make no sense, I think it is perfectly fine.
I was actually on my way home from work today, and was in a bad area and two kids were shooting at each other with pellet or airsoft guns, I didn't get enough time to see which, but it sounded like co2 gas.
The parent should be the one to decide if the kid is responsible enough to use it in a mature fashion, at least for some of these that look very realistic from a distance.
I am not saying they have to be 18 or 21 to purchase, but I think 13 might be a better age, maybe 16.
A lot of states do have these types of laws, and in some they are just as strict as gun laws.
Would you feel bad if you shot a 15 year old kid with an airsoft gun in a dark alley cause you thought he was going to rob you? I would.