Originally Posted by
Xringshooter
A 6 year old can shoot a handgun (abet it has to be under parental or legal guardian supervision). The guy was pulling stuff out of thin air. He probably has never even read (or even skimmed) the UFA or the Federal laws.
Tell him to cite the law that shows that or tell him to read the UFA and go to the BATFE website and read the information there.
Now, as said previously, any range (public or private) can set any kind of rules it wants. Look at the "public" PGC ranges, they limit the amount of rounds you can load in your firearms and also tell you what else you can or can't do while using the facility. But to blatantly tell someone that a person under 21 can't shoot a handgun is ridiculous, that tells me he has no idea about the law.
What the law says is that you must be 21 to purchase handgun ammo. This is getting to be a gray area now because you can get long arms that shoot handgun ammo (Lever actions in .44 Mag, .357 Mag, carbines in 9mm, etc., etc.) And actually if buying .22LR ammo in most stores the clerk is supposed to ask if it is for a rifle or a handgun (although what's to stop someone from just saying , "Yeah it's for a rifle.")