On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 12:13:06 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:25:20 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Here's a weird one. In Massachusetts, one of the most liberal states, a
15 year old can legally purchase and own a long gun with his/her
parent's permission.

If the parents are OK with it, can't a kid have any gun they want at
any age?

Not legally. "Subject to limited exceptions*, federal law prohibits the possession of a handgun or
handgun ammunition by any person under the age of 18.10 Federal law provides no minimum age for the
possession of long guns or long gun ammunition." Also, "Licensed dealers may not sell or deliver a
handgun or ammunition for a handgun to any person the dealer has reasonable cause to believe is
under age 21." Unlicensed persons may not sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a handgun or handgun
ammunition to any person the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is under age 18,
with certain exceptions*.

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

Who is going to stop them?

Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm.

I had my first shotgun at 14-15 when I started to hunt but I had a .22
for years before that. I suppose technically it was my dad's, handed
down from my grandfather but I had free access to it and they sold
ammo at the 7-11.

In Virginia you can still buy a .22 from an unlicensed seller at any age, legally.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:08:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Who is going to stop them?

Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm.

How has that been working so far?

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:38:55 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:08:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Who is going to stop them?

Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm.

How has that been working so far?

Well, you don't see many kids walking around with handguns, do you?

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:37:39 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:38:55 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:08:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Who is going to stop them?

Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm.

How has that been working so far?

Well, you don't see many kids walking around with handguns, do you?

There seem to be plenty of them in Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago..
That is the point of a handgun, you can't see people walking around
with them.

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:42:07 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 16:37:39 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:38:55 -0500, wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:08:12 -0500, John H.
wrote:

Who is going to stop them?

Any law officer who sees the kid in possession of the handgun or other illegal firearm.

How has that been working so far?

Well, you don't see many kids walking around with handguns, do you?

There seem to be plenty of them in Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago..
That is the point of a handgun, you can't see people walking around
with them.

To the liberals, those don't count, remember.

You made a good point. If the parents OK it, who's going to stop them. Perhaps we need to see some
much stronger action taken against parents whose kids have access to the guns and use them
illegally.

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:14:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:42:07 -0500, wrote:


Well, you don't see many kids walking around with handguns, do you?

There seem to be plenty of them in Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago..
That is the point of a handgun, you can't see people walking around
with them.

To the liberals, those don't count, remember.

You made a good point. If the parents OK it, who's going to stop them. Perhaps we need to see some
much stronger action taken against parents whose kids have access to the guns and use them
illegally.

Most of those kids don't have functional parents

On 2/23/18 12:30 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:14:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:42:07 -0500, wrote:


Well, you don't see many kids walking around with handguns, do you?

There seem to be plenty of them in Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago..
That is the point of a handgun, you can't see people walking around
with them.

To the liberals, those don't count, remember.

You made a good point. If the parents OK it, who's going to stop them. Perhaps we need to see some
much stronger action taken against parents whose kids have access to the guns and use them
illegally.

Most of those kids don't have functional parents


Any parent who gives a functioning .22LR Rifle to a little kid, one less
than 16 at a minimum, is not a functional parent.

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 12:30:25 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:14:35 -0500, John H.
wrote:

On Thu, 22 Feb 2018 23:42:07 -0500, wrote:


Well, you don't see many kids walking around with handguns, do you?

There seem to be plenty of them in Baltimore, Detroit and Chicago..
That is the point of a handgun, you can't see people walking around
with them.

To the liberals, those don't count, remember.

You made a good point. If the parents OK it, who's going to stop them. Perhaps we need to see some
much stronger action taken against parents whose kids have access to the guns and use them
illegally.

Most of those kids don't have functional parents

Then a bit of parent's time in jail won't hurt the kids. The word would get around, I think.