How old do you have to be to buy a handgun in missouri. what about a shotgun or a rifle?

Question

is a background check required? also what does the background check consist of?

Answer 1

21 to buy a handgun from a store and 18 for a long gun. You don't have to be 21 if the sale is private. The age on that is 18. Backround checks are only required at gun stores. Private sales you don't need it but some states you have to and some people might want you to go though the NICS check.

It consists of filling out a form and a questionnaire. They make a phone call and if you pass that's it. Some state require waiting periods on handguns. Better check your state laws. They ask for you socail security number but it's optional so I don't give it.

Answer 2

Instead of repeating vangion's answer. There is no better answer. Please see above.

Answer 3

You have to be 21 to buy from a licensed dealer 18 to buy in private transaction or to receive the handgun as a gift

You have to be 18 to buy a rifle or shotgun

You have to go through a background check to buy any gun through a dealer but not through a private transaction

The back ground check consists of a telephone call to the reporting agency that Mo uses in accordance with the Brady Bill

Answer 4

You need to be 21 to purchase a handgun;18 for rifles and shotguns.

Here is how it works. First and foremost, you need to familiarize yourself with the laws that govern firearms ownership in your state of residence. You should also inform yourself with the “National Firearms Act,” and the “Gun Control Act of 1968.” Well informed decisions are usually the best ones, not to mention in this case it will keep your butt out of a sling. In any case, if you are not buying the  firearm in person at a licensed dealer, you need to search for an FFL, a federally licensed firearms dealer that does gun transfers near your place of residence; you need to contact them, make them aware you intend to utilize their services, and ask them to FAX or mail a copy of their license to the FFL dealer you are purchasing your rifle from. Finding the FFL to receive your rifle should be your first priority. At the following web site,

http://www.auctionarms.com/help/fflnetwo... you should be able to locate someone to do your FFL transfer. Now that you have contacted your FFL dealer, and he is aware that you intend to make a transfer using his services, you are ready to start shopping. As far as the purchase goes, you can make it in person or buy it online. Different dealers have different requirements, so you need to verify with the seller what they need to make the sale happen. For example, some guys will not accept a FAX, they will only accept a mailed copy of an FFL license, and it’s their discretion. Usually a transfer can cost up to $25 bucks, unless you’re doing multiple purchases, and if you find the right person they will complete the transfer for as low as $5 bucks. You can make the purchase online, and have it sent to your FFL, and it will be waiting for you when you get back. All you have to do then is go to the FFL dealer the rifle was sent to, complete your background check, and pay the transfer fee. Some states require registration. The FFL guy will walk you through this. Another way of going about this is to consider a face to face deal, with no paperwork involved. In the aftermath of Katrina, our big brother decided it would be prudent to go through New Orleans collecting firearms, because they felt an armed populace was against their best interests. This was made easy due to the fact that they had a list of people who had purchased firearms through the FFL network. Later on they denounced the action saying it violated constitutional rights, but it didn’t help much while the guy who happened to keep his privately purchased or inherited gun walked out the door with your food stores. Doing a FTF deal requires patience; you have to maintain constant watch on the classifieds or other private party firearms sources to find what your looking for, such as individual sellers at gun shows (if they’re licensed dealers at gun shows they have got to do the transfer on paper), and regional web sites that cater to the rights of individuals to sell their firearms privately. Also, you may very well find a local individual selling their firearm at an online auction, who will meet you face to face to do the transfer; of course you must arrange for this to happen up front before you bid on the auction.  Either way you decide to do it, if you purchase a firearm online, be sure you ask a lot of questions; especially the condition of the bore, a lot of those surplus army rifles have been fired so much the bore is trashed and their accuracy is literally down the tubes.

Prohibited persons

Under the GCA, firearms possession by certain categories of individuals is prohibited.

Anyone who is under the age of 18, except with the written permission of their parent or guardian.

Anyone who has been convicted in a federal court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year, excluding crimes of imprisonment that are related to the regulation of business practices.

Anyone who has been convicted in a state court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 2 years, excluding crimes of imprisonment that are related to the regulation of business practices.

Anyone who is a fugitive from justice.

Anyone who is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.

Anyone who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or has been committed to a mental institution.

Any alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States or an alien admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa.

Anyone who has been discharged from the US Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.

Anyone who, having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced his or her citizenship.

Anyone that is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner.

Anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence. (See the Lautenberg Amendment.)

A person who is under indictment or information for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year cannot lawfully receive a firearm. Such person may continue to lawfully possess firearms obtained prior to the indictment or information.

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1993 created a national background check system to prevent firearms sales to such "prohibited persons."