Author Topic: Buying BP before 21? (Read 618 times)

Third_Rail · « **on:** May 11, 2005, 12:21:32 PM »

Hi all, I'm looking to buy some BP online to test my homemade stuff against. I'm only 18 and I could've sworn that I'm ok to own BP, but all the online powder houses say I need to be 21... Am I missing something here?

GGaskill · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2005, 01:01:56 PM »

May be an interstate (federal) commerce thing while buying it retail locally would only be a state thing. However, living in the Massachusetts SSR isn't promising.

Third_Rail · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2005, 01:03:46 PM »

Hm, perhaps... or did the BATFE change it to 21 to have BP itself?

I'll have to call local shops, but since I'm in MA I doubt they'll have any.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2005, 02:16:11 PM »

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... I'll have to call local shops, but since I'm in MA I doubt they'll have any.

It's been too long since I lived in Tax-a-chussetts, don't know the age restrictions.

BUT, blackpowder sports are generally less threatening than the Class 3 stuff, and are HISTERICALLY a part of life there (especially around April 19th!). Ask anyone who lives on the path from Acton to the bridge between Lexington and Concord.

One would also ASSUME that the shops would know the age restrictions to whom they can sell.

Third_Rail · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2005, 02:23:47 PM »

E-mailed two shops. One said 21, one said 25. :eek:

I don't think anyone really knows - I'll just try to find someone to sell it to me, I guess. As long as I'm not running afoul of the law, I'm happy.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2005, 02:34:21 PM »

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E-mailed two shops. One said 21, one said 25. ....

Paying close attention to keeping within the law keeps one from such things as being arrested, spending prison time and paying fines.

I was there when the 'firearm' law went into effect (included BB guns) which if were not registered (the owner thereof) you would be put away for a MANDITORY ONE YEAR residence in the pokey if you were caught off your property.

A 15 year old stepped off the property where he lived and spent the next year doing time! Arrested on the FIRST DAY of the effect of the law.

There are folks near where YOU live that ARE out to get you if you screw up!

Third_Rail · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2005, 03:15:34 PM »

That particular law is now gone, actually... but a good example of the MA gov't opinion.

Cat Whisperer · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2005, 03:41:27 PM »

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That particular law is now gone, actually... but a good example of the MA gov't opinion.

Glad to hear that it's gone!