Originally Posted by nupe10123

I just assumed that there was/would be a law that required a person to be 18 or 21 to own a gun. You have to be 'of age' to smoke, buy porn, buy beer, vote, join the military etc, but not for a gun permit. That seems odd. With no age restriction, on what grounds should they not give the infant a permit? Things that make you go hmmmm.