founder of the Second Amendment Foundation Federal law requires a person to be 21 to purchase a handgun from a licensed firearm dealer and 18 to buy a long gun from a dealer, according to ...

Federal law requires a person to be 21 to purchase a handgun from a licensed firearm dealer and 18 to buy a long gun from a dealer, according to Everytown for Gun Safety. There is an 18-year-old ...

the Supreme Court held that modern gun restrictions were required to be "consistent with this nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation." The federal ban on sales to people under 21 was ...