Stripped lower

[daves100]

My daughter turns 18 next month, Can i take her to a gun store to buy a AR15 stripped lower? Or does it have to be a rifle?


Thought i saw a post before about needing to be 21 to buy a receiver and 18 to buy a rifle.

[CSACANNONEER]

You can buy a stripped lower and give it to her as a gift. You don't even have to wait until she's 18 unless, she is going to assemble a handgun on it. If she wants to buy a stripped lower, she needs to be 21 per ATF's opinion of federal law.

[BannedinBritain]

Must be 21. Nothing wrong with you Drosing it and then giving it to her. Intrafamilial transfer...no paperwork required on long guns so you can bring it home and hand it to her.

[daves100]

Lower

Thanks have a few extra lowers in the safe,

[tenpercentfirearms]

Thought i saw a post before about needing to be 21 to buy a receiver and 18 to buy a rifle.

That post is correct. There is nothing prohibiting you from simply handing any of your lawfully acquired lowers straight to her, no paperwork required. That is what I would do rather than take her to the gun shop. She can't buy one anyway and then they might think it is a straw purchase (might be one of the first where we think a lawful male is buying a prohibited female, but expect it).

[BannedinBritain]

might be one of the first where we think a lawful male is buying a prohibited female

Too true

[Commi714]

i talked to the guys at Turners and he told me that u can legally buy a stripped lower at 18 but its up to the company if they want to sell it to you. he said just call them up talk to them and they may just sell it

[BannedinBritain]

i talked to the guys at Turners and he told me that u can legally buy a stripped lower at 18 but its up to the company if they want to sell it to you. he said just call them up talk to them and they may just sell it

Ummmmm...no...totally incorrect. For the learning impaired, tell them to actually read the instructions on the 4473:

If a frame or receiver can only be made into a long gun (rifle or shotgun), it is still a frame or receiver not a handgun or long gun. However, they still are "firearms" by definition, and subject to the same GCA limitations as any other firearms. See Section 922 I(a)(3)(b). 18 U.S.C. Section 922(b)(1) makes it unlawful for a licensee to sell any firearm other than a shotgun or rifle to any person undcr the age of 21. Since a frame or receiver for a firearm, to include one that can only be made into a long gun, is a "firearm other than a shotgun or rifle." it cannot be transferred to anyone under the age of 21.

[tenpercentfirearms]

i talked to the guys at Turners and he told me that u can legally buy a stripped lower at 18 but its up to the company if they want to sell it to you. he said just call them up talk to them and they may just sell it

Hey, if they will sell an under 21 a lower, it is their license.