I was wondering if it was true that you can legally buy a handgun at 18 in a private sale?? can someone confirm this, please!!!

Nope, got to be 21

21

many, many years ago, I was issued permits for, and bought two used handguns at the age of 18,

I was told

used=18

new=21

one was face to face from an LEO (at the police station) the other from an FFL

Both the LEO and FFL called ATF to confirm legality in my presence, not sure if this is still the case

 

 

 

 

Dave T

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in other states you can legally, in NJ its more of a gray area. as is everything

in other states you can legally, in NJ its more of a gray area. as is everything

 

Sorry, I don't see the gray area in the NJ statute at all.

 

2C:58-3.

 

a. Permit to purchase a handgun. No person shall sell, give, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of, nor receive, purchase, or otherwise acquire a handgun unless the purchaser, assignee, donee, receiver or holder is licensed as a dealer under this chapter or has first secured a permit to purchase a handgun as provided by this section.

 

c.Who may obtain. No person of good character and good repute in the community in which he lives, and who is not subject to any of the disabilities set forth in this section or other sections of this chapter, shall be denied a permit to purchase a handgun or a firearms purchaser identification card, except as hereinafter set forth. No handgun purchase permit or firearms purchaser identification card shall be issued:

 

(4)To any person under the age of 18 years for a firearms purchaser identification card and to any person under the age of 21 years for a permit to purchase a handgun;

 

 

You MUST have a PPP to buy a handgun, you MUST be 21 to get a PPP.

 

Even if somehow you legally came into possession of a handgun under the age of 21 (I think inheritance may be the only legal way), you can't buy ammo for it at all in NJ.

I believe a individual could get one inherited or gifted, they'd be buying the ammunition for a carbine though obviously. Im not sure if they'd even be able to take the pistol the range on their own though either. Any gun law in this state is in the gray area IMO, our fate falls in the hands of a judge.

about 2o yrs ago I purchased my first pistol at 18 through a private sale. Gentleman at Ray's sportshop helped us out. But hey, times change.

Another dumb l law...

If I remember correctly, it used to be that a 18-20 yr old could buy a pistol from a private person, but that all changed at some point during the Whitman years. I could be wrong, but I think it may have been connected to the statute that required trigger locks to be sold with each gun.

I'm 95% sure was under 21 when I got my first pistol permit in the 1990s. I have it and it is unused if I need to check.