Need info. I've been looking but all I seem to find is that at 18 (I'm gathering info for my 20 yr old grandson) you can purchase and own a firearm as long as you have a clean record and all else is good. Now, that said, can this 20 yr old borrow one of my handguns (he lives at home with his mother - my daughter) and keep it at home and/or in the car AS LONG AS IT IS NOT CONCEALED!!!??? He had an incident Saturday night (see below) and my daughter fears there may be retribution from this incident. I, personally, don't think so but can they (he's pretty well-trained and is a criminal justice & psychology student) have a "borrowed" handgun in their home? And if in the car, how to do that NOT concealed? And can he carry OPEN? He intends to apply for a CC permit after his 21st birthday but until then ... This is a cool story. A bit scary but I am impressed the way the boy performed. Enjoy:
My 20 yr old grandson went skateboarding with friends at a skate-park in a rather unsavory part of New Orleans. I would have advised against the location but I'm not involved in this stuff. The boy and his Mom (my daughter) are taking Krav Maga (Israeli Self Defense) classes and do it fairly well - Level 2.
So he tells me today about 10:00 last night he and his buddies get approached by 2 punks with bandanas over their faces pointing (what he thought was) a 9mm pistol at HIM!. Told him to give him his wallet and cellphone. The grandson said all he had was $10, his wallet and phone were in the car and the guy took the 10 bucks. Then he looked away and grand dude grabbed his wrist so hard the gun (and $10) flew outta his hand and he punched him in the face 2 times quickly and hard enough to put the punk on the ground. Looked toward punk #2 to see if he was packing or advancing but he was moving away.
Grandson ran over and picked up the gun and both punks were leaving as fast as they could! He and his friends wrapped the gun in a T-shirt as one guy called the cops. Cops arrived and were full of congratulations. Said they had to think about how to write the report because they did not do this kind of report too often! They took the gun as evidence, thanked the boys and left.
I told grandson #1 that he might think about NEVER GOING TO THAT PLACE AGAIN and staying closer to home and/or safer skate parks. He agreed. But I am flabbergasted that the kid kept his wits about him so well, performed from his Martial Arts training (disarming a guy with a gun!!! ) and did everything like from a book! I hope I can be so cool and collected if ever faced with a situation like that!
This kid kicked ass, put down 1 punk WITH A GUN, scared the other off, got an illegal weapon off the street and probably made life pure HELL for the would-be robbers who will NEVER live this down when they get back to their own 'posse'. A-holes!!! My grandson is 6'3' and weighs about 120 lbs wet!
My 20 yr old grandson went skateboarding with friends at a skate-park in a rather unsavory part of New Orleans. I would have advised against the location but I'm not involved in this stuff. The boy and his Mom (my daughter) are taking Krav Maga (Israeli Self Defense) classes and do it fairly well - Level 2.
So he tells me today about 10:00 last night he and his buddies get approached by 2 punks with bandanas over their faces pointing (what he thought was) a 9mm pistol at HIM!. Told him to give him his wallet and cellphone. The grandson said all he had was $10, his wallet and phone were in the car and the guy took the 10 bucks. Then he looked away and grand dude grabbed his wrist so hard the gun (and $10) flew outta his hand and he punched him in the face 2 times quickly and hard enough to put the punk on the ground. Looked toward punk #2 to see if he was packing or advancing but he was moving away.
Grandson ran over and picked up the gun and both punks were leaving as fast as they could! He and his friends wrapped the gun in a T-shirt as one guy called the cops. Cops arrived and were full of congratulations. Said they had to think about how to write the report because they did not do this kind of report too often! They took the gun as evidence, thanked the boys and left.
I told grandson #1 that he might think about NEVER GOING TO THAT PLACE AGAIN and staying closer to home and/or safer skate parks. He agreed. But I am flabbergasted that the kid kept his wits about him so well, performed from his Martial Arts training (disarming a guy with a gun!!! ) and did everything like from a book! I hope I can be so cool and collected if ever faced with a situation like that!
This kid kicked ass, put down 1 punk WITH A GUN, scared the other off, got an illegal weapon off the street and probably made life pure HELL for the would-be robbers who will NEVER live this down when they get back to their own 'posse'. A-holes!!! My grandson is 6'3' and weighs about 120 lbs wet!