Hostile314
Regular Member
I contacted the ATF in St.Louis, MO earlier today and spoke with ATF agent Ms.Washington...I asked "What is the age to purely possess a handgun?" She told me right off the bat that is was 21...So I read some of the Missouri and Federal Statues and she told me to hold on...Once she came back to the phone she said that if I possess a handgun and get caught with it then I would be going to jail...I replied that even if I get a Maine CCW which lets you carry at 18 she said yea. So I then decided to tell her that Missouri honors all CCWs and that under federal law I'm not a juvenile which is any person under the age of 18 which I am 20. She then got real frustrated and told me to contact the Attorney General so I did. He couldn't provide me any answers and told me to call a Criminal Justice Attorney and so I did two of them said that it could be gifted to me but that I was not able to buy a handgun from a private seller. Also i forgot to mention that while I was talking to Ms.Washington I asked if she could point me to the laws where it said that I can't buy a handgun from a private seller according to both state and federal laws and she referred me to the atf.gov website and she said that law wouldn't be in the book because it's for FFL dealers. One criminal justice attorney said that even if I get one, I would be hassled by police and I agree fully with that...So should I get a handgun now and risk not being able to win the case or wait 7 months until I turn 21 in September