GregGry
Member
Hello, I apoligize if I put this in the wrong place. Here is the situation:
I am 22 years of age, and I have a good friend thats 19 years old (going to be 20 soon). He wants a handgun, looking for something like a xd40. Here is the problem. His mother and step father said they would go to the gun store with him, and buy the pistol for him, but he could not store the pistol at the house . That was 4 months ago. Now that he has the money to buy one, his parents are telling him that they wont buy it for him (he would be paying for it). He is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
His blood related father could possibly buy it for him, but he doesn't want to go there because he doesn't care to talk with him much. Since his Mother and step father are no longer willing to buy it for him, he doesn't have many options. Both he and I live in Wisconsin.
Is there any way that he can have a pistol of his own? I am not going to buy one for him due to that being a straw purchase. I have thought that it might be a possibility if he buys the pistol from a person that isn't a FFL dealer, then he could own it legaly. Is this true? What about ammo purchases? Since you have to be 21 to buy handgun ammo, is the only option he has for buying ammo through his parents?
The last thing is, would it be legal for me to buy an xd40, and just let him use it when he goes to the range? The gun would be in my possesion at all times, except times when he is firing at the range. I will be at the range anytime he is firing it, so the gun will technically never leave my sight. That would be one option of allowing him to go to the range with my friends and I, since he can't rent a pistol. Then again I don't want to get into trouble because I am letting him use one of my pistols, and giving him ammo to use with the pistol. Its stupid that things have to be this complicated just because someone is a little more then a year younger then 21 :banghead:
I am 22 years of age, and I have a good friend thats 19 years old (going to be 20 soon). He wants a handgun, looking for something like a xd40. Here is the problem. His mother and step father said they would go to the gun store with him, and buy the pistol for him, but he could not store the pistol at the house . That was 4 months ago. Now that he has the money to buy one, his parents are telling him that they wont buy it for him (he would be paying for it). He is stuck between a rock and a hard place.
His blood related father could possibly buy it for him, but he doesn't want to go there because he doesn't care to talk with him much. Since his Mother and step father are no longer willing to buy it for him, he doesn't have many options. Both he and I live in Wisconsin.
Is there any way that he can have a pistol of his own? I am not going to buy one for him due to that being a straw purchase. I have thought that it might be a possibility if he buys the pistol from a person that isn't a FFL dealer, then he could own it legaly. Is this true? What about ammo purchases? Since you have to be 21 to buy handgun ammo, is the only option he has for buying ammo through his parents?
The last thing is, would it be legal for me to buy an xd40, and just let him use it when he goes to the range? The gun would be in my possesion at all times, except times when he is firing at the range. I will be at the range anytime he is firing it, so the gun will technically never leave my sight. That would be one option of allowing him to go to the range with my friends and I, since he can't rent a pistol. Then again I don't want to get into trouble because I am letting him use one of my pistols, and giving him ammo to use with the pistol. Its stupid that things have to be this complicated just because someone is a little more then a year younger then 21 :banghead: