Letting a friend use a gun
#4
RE: Letting a friend use a gun
ORIGINAL: QTompkins2005
Does anyone know where I can find the state (IA) or federal laws regarding letting someone use your gun? Or does anyone know the laws?
Does anyone know where I can find the state (IA) or federal laws regarding letting someone use your gun? Or does anyone know the laws?
To find out the law in a particular state, consult the National Rifle Association. http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/Default.aspx
Here's some Iowa rules. There may be more.............
• has never been adjudged mentally incompetent.
It is unlawful to sell, loan, give, or make available a rifle, shotgun
or their ammunition to a person under 18. An exception allows a
parent, guardian or spouse who is 18 or older, or another with the
express consent of the minor’s parent or guardian or spouse who is
18 or older may allow a minor to possess a rifle or shotgun or their
ammunition for lawful use.
It is unlawful to sell, loan, give, or make available a handgun or
handgun ammunition to a person under 21. Exceptions include:
• For eighteen, nineteen, or twenty year olds to possess a firearm
and their ammunition if they are military, police, corrections, or
security guard when such duty requires the possession of such a
weapon.
• For eighteen, nineteen, or twenty year olds while the person
receives instruction in the proper use of firearms from an instructor
who is twenty-one years of age or older.
• For a person fourteen years of age but less than twenty-one,
a parent or guardian or spouse who is twenty-one years of age or
older may allow the person to possess a pistol or revolver or their
ammunition for any lawful purpose while under the direct supervision
of the parent or guardian or spouse who is twenty-one years of age or
older.
• A person fourteen years of age but less than twenty-one may
possess a pistol or revolver or their ammunition while receiving
instruction in the proper use from an instructor twenty-one years of
age or older, with the consent of a parent, guardian or spouse who is
twenty-one years of age or older.
POSSESSION
No state permit is required to possess a rifle, shotgun, or
handgun.
Persons under 21 cannot possess handguns or handgun
ammunition, except under the conditions listed in the purchase
section.
It is a felony to go armed with, carry, or transport a firearm of
any kind, whether concealed or not, on the grounds of any public or
nonpublic school.
Loaded firearms must be secured from minors under 14.
#6
RE: Letting a friend use a gun
How are they going to know its not his gun if he gets checked by someone? Even if there was a law against letting people borrow a shotgun or rifle, all your friend would have to do is say that it belongs to him because he purchased it from you in a private transaction and they'd have no way of disproving it.
#8
RE: Letting a friend use a gun
ORIGINAL: QTompkins2005
I wasn't really worried about that. I was more worried about if there is an accident if I'm liable in any ways.
I wasn't really worried about that. I was more worried about if there is an accident if I'm liable in any ways.
I would say that if he's a good friend and you trust him, then you probably have nothing to worry about from him. If he injures another, who knows. Liabiliy is attached to just about everything you do. Just the way it is in the U.S, unfortunately.
Mike
#10
RE: Letting a friend use a gun
i would never let someone borrow a gun never know what there going to do or if tey let someone else use it if we were hunting togather maybe and another thing if you let your buddy borrow a gun an dhe shot soemone and they found out it was your gun you would get sued