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You have to be 21 to purchase a hangun from a Licenced dealer. You can private party purchase or receive a gun as a gift at 18. You can legally carry a handgun "openly" at 18 years of age also.

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You can open carry handguns in Virginia at 18 years old and above. Make sure you absolutely know what constitutes open carry before you do it or you will get into trouble.

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21, period. That's federal law.

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