In Texas, is their any obligation of someone selling ammo privately to ensure credentials (licence, date of birth) of a purchaser?
I haven't purchased ammo yet, and have a fair bit of .38 to sell, any wanted to be sure of the law first.
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Sale of ammo?
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Schleprock wrote:I think with the exception of age being a restriction for rifles/shotgun ammunition(18) or handgun ammunition (21 I believe), you may purchase or sell without any issues. Someone will correct me soon if I am in error.

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Federal law places those restrictions only on federally licensed ammunition manufacturers and dealers. There are no such restrictions to a private seller.Schleprock wrote:I think with the exception of age being a restriction for rifles/shotgun ammunition(18) or handgun ammunition (21 I believe), you may purchase or sell without any issues. Someone will correct me soon if I am in error.
Texas has no laws on the subject at all, as far as I can tell.
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Laws or no laws, I'm still not selling guns or ammo to the teenager down the street. You want what I have, bring cash and a drivers license that proves you are old enough to assume the legal responsibilities for what you are about to buy.
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If you buy .22 ammo at Walmart (Not that I've seen it in recent history), they asked you if you are using it for a rifle or handgun. If you answer handgun, you must be 21; if rifle, then you must be 18.
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That made me chuckle. I get it, but I don't get it. Unless a suspected 18 year old specifically talked about pistols in front of the sales clerk, is there a federal requirement to ask what the purpose is?Embalmo wrote:If you buy .22 ammo at Walmart (Not that I've seen it in recent history), they asked you if you are using it for a rifle or handgun. If you answer handgun, you must be 21; if rifle, then you must be 18.
And I saw 22LR on the shelf, in front of the counter not behind, at an Academy yesterday! First time since Sandy Hook. (Sorry to digress)
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Academy used to ask the rifle or pistol question, but I haven't been asked at any from Dallas to Buda to Pasadena to San Antonio to anywhere for a long while. Maybe because I'm 67 years old!goose wrote:That made me chuckle. I get it, but I don't get it. Unless a suspected 18 year old specifically talked about pistols in front of the sales clerk, is there a federal requirement to ask what the purpose is?Embalmo wrote:If you buy .22 ammo at Walmart (Not that I've seen it in recent history), they asked you if you are using it for a rifle or handgun. If you answer handgun, you must be 21; if rifle, then you must be 18.
And I saw 22LR on the shelf, in front of the counter not behind, at an Academy yesterday! First time since Sandy Hook. (Sorry to digress)

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I had walmart ask to see my id to buy ammo once. I flashed my chl and asked if that was good enough.