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WA state handgun law
« on: May 31, 2020, 09:03:25 AM »
So I know you have to be 21 to BUY a handgun. But I've read (idk if it was about wa state) that you can own a handgun even before 21. Or said your parents could gift you the hand gun. I don't know the truth to that but just trying to figure it out.

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Re: WA state handgun law
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2020, 09:12:29 AM »
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RCW 9.41.240
Possession of pistol or semiautomatic assault rifle by person from eighteen to twenty-one.
(1) A person under twenty-one years of age may not purchase a pistol or semiautomatic assault rifle, and except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no person may sell or transfer a semiautomatic assault rifle to a person under twenty-one years of age.
(2) Unless an exception under RCW 9.41.042, 9.41.050, or 9.41.060 applies, a person at least eighteen years of age, but less than twenty-one years of age, may possess a pistol only:
(a) In the person's place of abode;
(b) At the person's fixed place of business; or
(c) On real property under his or her control.
(3) Except in the places and situations identified in RCW 9.41.042 (1) through (9) and 9.41.060 (1) through (10), a person at least eighteen years of age, but less than twenty-one years of age, may possess a semiautomatic assault rifle only:
(a) In the person's place of abode;
(b) At the person's fixed place of business;
(c) On real property under his or her control; or
(d) For the specific purpose of (i) moving to a new place of abode; (ii) traveling between the person's place of abode and real property under his or her control; or (iii) selling or transferring the firearm in accordance with the requirements of this chapter; provided that in all of these situations the semiautomatic assault rifle is unloaded and either in secure gun storage or secured with a trigger lock or similar device that is designed to prevent the unauthorized use or discharge of the firearm.

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Re: WA state handgun law
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2020, 09:29:13 AM »
So what I got from that was an 18 could own one in his house but could not carry a handgun in the woods?

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Re: WA state handgun law
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2020, 10:01:53 AM »
So what I got from that was an 18 could own one in his house but could not carry a handgun in the woods?
https://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=9.41.060

8 Any person engaging in a lawful outdoor recreational activity such as hunting, fishing, camping, hiking, or horseback riding, only if, considering all of the attendant circumstances, including but not limited to whether the person has a valid hunting or fishing license, it is reasonable to conclude that the person is participating in lawful outdoor activities or is traveling to or from a legitimate outdoor recreation area;
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