"Minimum Age for sales and transfers: California prohibits any person, corporation or firm from selling a handgun to anyone under 21 years of age and from selling, loaning, or transferring any firearm to a minor. This prohibition does not apply in certain scenarios, including the sale of a handgun that is an antique firearm to a person at least 18 years old, and the transfer or loan of a long gun to a minor by the minor's parent or legal guardian. Minor refers to a person who is under 18 years old."
"Minimum age for possession: California law prohibits minors from possessing a handgun. Exceptions to this prohibition include situations where a parent or legal guardian is present or has consented to the possession. In addition, minors may, with the consent of a parent or legal guardian, possess handguns when engaged in certain recreational sports.
There is no minimum age to possess rifles and shotguns."
I hope these gun laws from the state of California will clear things up for a few posters here who think they know everything. Sorry, I haven't gotten my grandson or his Dad in trouble. (Were you hoping that?) They didn't break any laws.
"Straw purchases are one of the main ways that criminals acquire firearms, they’re illegal, and you need to know what they are, so that you don’t become involved in one yourself.
A straw purchase is one in which one Person “A” buys a firearm for Person “B”, at Person “B’s” request. They’re illegal, because criminals and other people who cannot pass a background check often get other people, who can pass a background check, to buy guns for them. Or, Person “A” may get Person “B” to buy the gun so that Person “A” won’t have his name alongside the make, model and serial number of a gun on the Federal Form 4473 that documents every firearm purchased from a federal licensed firearm dealer (FFL)."
https://www.nrablog.com/articles/2016/7/buying-and-selling-firearms-part-6-straw-purchases/
From the same article:
"The buyer must fill out a form called a Federal Firearms Transaction Record Part 1 – Over the Counter, otherwise known as an ATF Form 4473. Among other things, the 4473 requires the buyer to answer questions that verify the buyer’s eligibility to purchase a firearm. The first question, 11a, relates to straw purchases.
Are you the actual transferee/buyer of the firearm(s) listed on this form? Warning: You are not the actual buyer if you are acquiring the firearm(s) on behalf of another person. If you are not the actual buyer, the dealer cannot transfer the firearm(s) to you. (See Instructions for Question 11.a.) Exception: If you are picking up a repaired firearm(s) for another person, you are not required to answer 11.a. and may proceed to question 11.b.
If you answer “yes” to this question, the sale cannot proceed. If you answer “no,” you are stating under penalty of law that you are not buying the firearm for someone else, other than as a bona fide gift. Answering “yes” when the truthful answer is “no” is a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine."
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your post: "
This prohibition does not apply in certain scenarios, including the sale of a handgun that is an antique firearm to a person at least 18 years old,
and the transfer or loan of a long gun to a minor by the minor's parent or legal guardian. "
A Glock 17 is neither an antique nor a long gun.
