Responsibility has to be established. Because of the disparity in mental age in the very young, a proscribed age is the only way it can be hopfully guaranteed that the general public will be responsible enough to safely own a gun.
In the US, State law generally requires you be 18 to BUY a pellet gun. It is up to your parents to decide if you can have one, and you are under 18.
There is no law that regulates this. But this does not mean that the merchant has to sell them to someone. A merchant can choose to not sell something to anyone he chooses.
Yes, Here in Canada the law is 500 fps and under. I would check around to see yours.
Federal law says you must be 18 to buy a long gun
That is the age the law in your home state set.
Depending on where you live and the local law. Yes a pellet gun will kill a squirrel. I suggest you use "Hollow point" hunting pellets.
Places to try include the internet, gun shops, gun shows, want ads, sporting goods stores. ------------------------------------------------ If you live on the coast you know it's against the law to shoot sea lions.
Federal law minimum age to buy a long gun is 18.
FEDERAL LAW says you must be 18 to buy a long gun.
This question is best answered my local law enforcement not WikiAnswers. Check with your probation officer or law enforcement
The way the law reads is, "It's illegal to launch a projectile of any type with in the city limits. Pellet gun, slingshot, bow and arrow, etc, etc.
cannot hunt game animals with a pellet gun and must be 18 to buy one