I'm in ohio, what kind of a charge is it to have a pistol not registered to me? I also don't believe I'm old enough to have one, so what kind of charges does that equal out to?

nm i think i got it. heres what a state gun law website says about it:


Juvenile Possession Law F NONE (grade)




JUVENILE POSSESSION
Are minors restricted from possessing guns? No

No state restrictions on kids possessing firearms, including handguns and semiautomatic assault weapons. The state does not even require a child to have parental permission to have a gun.

I think it's illegal to have unregistered weapons anywhere, regardless of whether the law states it's legal to posses one that's registered.

No. God damn it. Again with the "registered."

Write this on the blackboard one hundred times so you knuckleheads get it:

There is no mandatory gun registration in the United States.

I don't care if you heard it twenty seven thousand times on Cops. I don't care if you heard it from the cops. There is no centralized method, law, or need to register guns in this country. Period.

Some states have registration laws, but they're in the minority. If your state has a registration law, the penalties will go along with that law. Otherwise, there is the paper trail of the form 4473 that indicates that you (or whoever) originally bought the gun, but beyond that point and barring local law it is none of anyone's business, as it should be.

You have to move the registration on your car if you sell it to someone, or if you destroy it, or if you just give it to your daughter on her 16th birthday. We take this as a given, but you're doing all this registration bullshit with the state, not the federal government. Therefore, whatever happens with the registration of your car is handled according to state law, and if you break that law you'll be tried in state court under state penalty.

People understand this, but for some reason when you change "car" into "gun" they become instantly stupid.

^^lol yup...I'm also mystified by the confusion over gun registration. Buying/acquiring/possessing a gun in most states is perfectly legal without any paper work at all. ROFL and Ohio is one of the easiest places to get a gun in the U.S.. Anyway have fun with your pea shooter OP.

OH by far isnt the easiest places to get a gun... They have to call the FBI and check up on your records, which is instantaneous, for both long guns and pistols. There is also some sort of waiting period or another bacground check for pistols, since I had to wait 3 days to get my 9mm. They also take down the serial numbers, for rifles and shotguns and pistols. The only type you can go in and pay for and walk out the door is BP.

One of the easiest, not the easiest. Plus 3 days isn't much to bitch about, and you easily could have bypassed all that by making a private or gun show purchase. Also just curious but how old are you and was that your first purchase? I know Ohio makes it pretty easy for minors / under 21 to get hand guns, etc.

I call bullshit.

http://www.packing.org/state/ohio/

In Alaska you can buy guns in the grocery stores there. You just load 'em up on the conveyor belt and check out. Even 8 year olds can buy them.

Yeah, no. You see, that would still be subject to a background check via a form 4473 if you were buying the gun from a store (dealer) which would need an FFL.

Only way around that is a private sale.