On Sat, 30 Jun 2018 19:12:44 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


There still is no minimum age requirement to purchase and own a long gun
however and no permits, proof of training or anything is required.

Seems nuts to me in this day and age. The way I read it a 7 year old
can buy a shotgun or a .22.

A buyer must be 18 to purchase a long gun in Maryland.

http://lawcenter.giffords.org/gun-la...n/minimum-age/



That's a federal law. Note this sentence on another website by the
same Giffords Law Center that you just cited:

"However, there appears to be no minimum age to possess a rifle or
shotgun in the state."

http://lawcenter.giffords.org/minimum-age-to-purchase-possess-in-maryland/

The one I linked to was last updated in November of 2017. Perhaps
Maryland's laws have been further updated since.


"Possess" would imply simply having one with you, like when you are
hunting. That is why they are pretty soft on an age. Kids can hunt
with their parents at almost any age. Same with just plinking in the
woods or on a range. I know it may sound foreign to you but you see
little kids out west standing over an elk or antelope they just shot
in hunting magazines all the time.