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Rifles and shotguns, yes. Handguns, no, you must be 21 to legally purchase a handgun.
It depends on the law in your state. In Maryland the age of majority is 18, in Colorado it is 19. Once you have reached the age of majority your parents are no longer legally responsible for you.
No. You are minor until you reach the age of 18.
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No. You must be 21 to legally purchase a handgun, whether from a dealer or private seller. The federal law is quite clear on that.
Georgia law requires that you be at least 18 years of age to possess either a handgun or long gun such as a rifle or shotgun. While you can legally own a handgun in Georgia at 18 years of age, Federal law requires you to be at least 21 years of age before you can purchase a handgun.
In most U.S. states, there is no specific minimum age to use a gun for legal purposes, but a person does have to be 21 to legally own or purchase a handgun.
To legally own a long gun (rifle or shotgun) in Tennessee, you must be 18. To legally own a handgun in Tennessee, you must be 21.
Recently, in late March 2008, the Senate passed a bill saying that you must be seventeen to drop out of high school legally in Maryland, as opposed to the original sixteen years of age you could have been before March.
To legally own or purchase a gun in the U.S. you must be 21 or older for a handgun and 18 or older for a shotgun or rifle.
In Maryland you cannot do so. There is no emancipation statute in the state.
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