ksfowler166
09-30-2014, 02:47 PM
This comes up from time to time and people with good intentions give incorrect advice.
First off the minimum age to purchase and possess a firearm is set by your state, FFL dealers excepted. In Kansas it is legal for anyone of any age to purchase a firearm with a barrel 12" or longer. One has to be 18 years or older to purchase a firearm with a barrel less than 12" in length. 21-6301. Criminal use of weapons. (a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: (7) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long to any person under 18 years of age whether the person knows or has reason to know the length of the barrel;
It is legal for a person under the age of 18 to possess a firearm with a barrel of 12" or less.(a)(14) possessing a firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long by any person less than 18 years of age whether the person knows or has reason to know the length of the barrel.
(k) Subsection (a)(14) shall not apply if such person, less than 18 years of age, was:(1) In attendance at a hunter's safety course or a firearms safety course;(2) engaging in practice in the use of such firearm or target shooting at an established range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located;(3) engaging in an organized competition involving the use of such firearm, or participating in or practicing for a performance by an organization exempt from federal income tax pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 which uses firearms as a part of such performance;(4) hunting or trapping pursuant to a valid license issued to such person pursuant to article 9 of chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;(5) traveling with any such firearm in such person's possession being unloaded to or from any activity described in subsections (k)(1) through (k)(4), only if such firearm is secured, unloaded and outside the immediate access of such person;(6) on real property under the control of such person's parent, legal guardian or grandparent and who has the permission of such parent, legal guardian or grandparent to possess such firearm; or(7) at such person's residence and who, with the permission of such person's parent or legal guardian, possesses such firearm for the purpose of exercising the rights contained in K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 21-5222, 21-5223 or 21-5225, and amendments thereto.
Secondly it is legal for a person under the age of 21 to purchase handgun ammo if it is for a rifle or shotgun chamber insert.
Q: May a licensee sell interchangeable ammunition such as .22 cal. rimfire to a person less than 21 years old?Yes, provided the buyer is 18 years of age or older, and the dealer is satisfied that it is for use in a rifle. If the ammunition is intended for use in a handgun, the 21-year-old minimum age requirement is applicable.
[18 U.S.C. 922(b)(1), 27 CFR 478.99(b)]
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_063_0000_article/021_063_0001_section/021_063_0001_k/
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/licensees-conduct-of-business.html#age-requirements
First off the minimum age to purchase and possess a firearm is set by your state, FFL dealers excepted. In Kansas it is legal for anyone of any age to purchase a firearm with a barrel 12" or longer. One has to be 18 years or older to purchase a firearm with a barrel less than 12" in length. 21-6301. Criminal use of weapons. (a) Criminal use of weapons is knowingly: (7) selling, giving or otherwise transferring any firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long to any person under 18 years of age whether the person knows or has reason to know the length of the barrel;
It is legal for a person under the age of 18 to possess a firearm with a barrel of 12" or less.(a)(14) possessing a firearm with a barrel less than 12 inches long by any person less than 18 years of age whether the person knows or has reason to know the length of the barrel.
(k) Subsection (a)(14) shall not apply if such person, less than 18 years of age, was:(1) In attendance at a hunter's safety course or a firearms safety course;(2) engaging in practice in the use of such firearm or target shooting at an established range authorized by the governing body of the jurisdiction in which such range is located;(3) engaging in an organized competition involving the use of such firearm, or participating in or practicing for a performance by an organization exempt from federal income tax pursuant to section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code of 1986 which uses firearms as a part of such performance;(4) hunting or trapping pursuant to a valid license issued to such person pursuant to article 9 of chapter 32 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto;(5) traveling with any such firearm in such person's possession being unloaded to or from any activity described in subsections (k)(1) through (k)(4), only if such firearm is secured, unloaded and outside the immediate access of such person;(6) on real property under the control of such person's parent, legal guardian or grandparent and who has the permission of such parent, legal guardian or grandparent to possess such firearm; or(7) at such person's residence and who, with the permission of such person's parent or legal guardian, possesses such firearm for the purpose of exercising the rights contained in K.S.A. 2013 Supp. 21-5222, 21-5223 or 21-5225, and amendments thereto.
Secondly it is legal for a person under the age of 21 to purchase handgun ammo if it is for a rifle or shotgun chamber insert.
Q: May a licensee sell interchangeable ammunition such as .22 cal. rimfire to a person less than 21 years old?Yes, provided the buyer is 18 years of age or older, and the dealer is satisfied that it is for use in a rifle. If the ammunition is intended for use in a handgun, the 21-year-old minimum age requirement is applicable.
[18 U.S.C. 922(b)(1), 27 CFR 478.99(b)]
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2013_14/statute/021_000_0000_chapter/021_063_0000_article/021_063_0001_section/021_063_0001_k/
http://www.atf.gov/firearms/faq/licensees-conduct-of-business.html#age-requirements