To buy a rifle, you need to be 18. To buy a pistol, you need to be 21. Possession of said weapons varies from state to state, where in some a 12 year old can walk around with a shotgun publicly, and in some a 45 year old would have to have a permit to do the same thing. Pretty much, though, if kids are getting guns, they are either given to them by family, or they are stolen. If they are given by the family, it is their responsibility to make sure the kid doesn't fsck up. If they are stolen, then the kid most likely is already screwing up, so odds are the gun will be put to bad uses.
The first gun I owned was homemade, and I made it when I was in junior high out of pipe and metal stock. It shot rifle rounds nearly as accurately as my dad's rifle. It took me all of an hour to make it. I finally scrapped it when I started to notice the threads on the cap wearing a bit. I didn't want to lose an eye, hehe.
If guns are outlawed, those that want them can still get them ... and odds are that anyone breaking the law to possess one isn't going to be doing it for a good reason (see above).
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