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I live in Fairfield in Solano County. I checked the solano county sheriffs website and it didn't say anything about age restrictions. Any info will be appreciated, thanks in advance
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As far as I know, you can get a CCW as long as you legally own a handgun, have a HSC, and the county doesn't expressly prohibit an 18-20 year old from getting one.HammerOriginally posted by CSACANNONEER
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Im not sure if thats correct since you have to be 21 just to buy a handgun in CA.Visit my Channel "Steel On Target" on YouTube and subscribe. I post gun videos reg regularly.
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In accordance to Federal and CA laws:
1. You need to be 18 years old, in order to own/possess a handgun.
2. You need to be 21 years old, in order for a FFL to transfer a handgun to you.
3. A grandparent or parent, that is a CA resident, can gift a handgun to a child or grandchild, that is a CA resident and is between 18-20 years of age.sigpic
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - Dalai Lama (Seattle Times, 05-15-2001).Comment
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It's well known that failing your CCW application once makes it harder to go for it again. Wait a bitOriginally posted by Kestryll
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From 1933-1984, there was no national minimum age to purchase & consume alcohol. It was up to the individual states to set that age limit.
Due to the passage of the Twenty-Sixth Amendment (which lowered the voting age from 21 to 18), some states lowered the minimum age to purchase & consume to 18. So from 1970-1984, depending on which state you were in, the minimum age to purchase & consume was 18.
In 1984, Federal laws were created that raised the minimum age to purchase & consume alcohol to 21.
Prior to 1968, there was no minimum age to acquire/possess a firearm.
The Gun Control Act of 1968 created the Federal minimum ages for a FFL to legally transfer a firearm.
Federal minimum age for a FFL to transfer:
Title 1 Handgun = 21
Title 1 Rifle = 18
Title 1 Shotgun = 18
Title 1 Other = 21
Title 2 firearms = 21Last edited by Quiet; 05-18-2013, 12:59 PM.sigpic
"If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun." - Dalai Lama (Seattle Times, 05-15-2001).Comment
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That may be true if denied for behavioral causes. But for age? If rejected for being too young, the next year should make him more qualified, right?
How long should he wait? 19? 20? If he has good cause now, and that cause manifests itself, he may not make it to the later years. With a CCW, he might.
If he has good cause now, and no known disqualifying factors, then he should apply now.
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Considering the liability, even if it is legal and he has good cause, I highly doubt he will be issued one and it will be rejected.
Even if the issuing agency was pro-gun, think of the outcome should he have to use it,
"This is news reporter X where I'm standing outside police department Y where we have had a shooting. We aren't going to report how it was a good shoot or that the shooter was the victim but I'm going to show you pictures of the dirtbags kids and the shooter was just 18! And here is the kick anchor man Z, Police department Y ISSUED him a license to kill!
No police department or sheriffs office wants that. Even if you have the greatest cause in the world, no agency in California will issue it and it will be a waste of time and money.Buy my EO Tech XPS3-0!!!
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Note: I did not write the above article.
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Incorrect. Federal law were passed to bull and harass states to raise the age, by withholding funds (mostly highway) if you didn't bend to their demands. There is still a lot of variation. E.g., in AZ if a husband is 21, and his wife 19, she can drink with him. In many states there is a parental and/or private residence exception to furnishing, consumption and possession laws (and internal possession where such laws exist).
In California, e.g., it is not against the law for a minor to consume or possess alcohol if given by his parents and in their own home, but it is illegal for his parents to furnish it (formerly this was not the case, and the exception applied to all three acts)
In Louisiana, they resisted and kept 18 for a while. Then they bended a little and passed a law making it illegal to sell to a minor, but not illegal for a minor to buy, and proceeded to not enforce it. They eventually bended there too, but strictly speaking only laws against the sale to people under 21 were the condition for highway funds.
Take note of this. This is the same method that was used in Australia to pass its gun laws. Beforee 1996, almost no federal gun laws. Threatening funding, they coerced all their states into adopt the "uniform gun act" (which nevertheless is interpreted and applied very differently in some states, e.g. M-14's are allowed in one, but considered banned in another). No violation of the Constitution, since no state was required to do anything.Comment
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