Yes sir. Buying all firearms nowadays requires this check to ensure we buyers aren't criminals - as if they all go to Wal-Mart and get theirs. But seriously, yes.
There's a little more to the answer. If you buy a gun from a licensed dealer, you must complete a background check anywhere in the U.S. However, if you buy a gun from a individual, you are not required to complete a background check, IN MOST STATES, BUT NOT ALL.
at 18 you can buy any rifle or shotgun, at least in the state of florida, after a background check, and as long as you dont appear out of sound mind
Fill out a BATFE Form 4473, pass the background check, pay for the rifle.
Provided you can pass the criminal background check and any other requirements, yes, you can purchase a rifle or shotgun. At 19, you cannot purchase handguns or NFA licensed firearms.
It is a shotgun
No. The M14 rifle fires the 7.62 NATO rifle cartridge. It is not a shotgun.
In Tennessee, you will need to submit your information to a licenced dealer for a criminal background check in order to purchase a handgun. A shotgun or rifle can be acquired by anyone over the age of 18 without the need of a background check.
shotgun for close range and rifle for long range.
Rifles and shotguns are separate types of firearm. The Kentucky Long-Rifle was as its name implies a rifle, not a shotgun.
I would say Vermont, but I'm not 100% sure. I know you don't need a permit to carry a concealed pistol, or to buy or own a pistol, rifle, or shotgun. Per federal law, you have to be 18 to buy a rifle, 21 to buy a pistol, and you have to pass a background check.
I do not personally, but yes, there is a single shot rifle that can have the rifle barrel replaced with a shotgun barrel.
It depends on the comparative charges of the ammunition. A rifle can have more recoil than a shotgun.
Only if it's an NFA Title I firearm (e.g., short-barreled rifle, full auto, anything classed as AOW, anything classed as a destructive device, etc.). Otherwise, you just fill out the 4473, have your background check phoned in, and you're set.