At what age can you legally give your daughter a gun?

[melensdad]

I understand that if I give my daughter a gun prior to her 18th birthday that I am legally obligated to keep it under my supervision and control.

But my question is can I give legally gift a gun to a child under 18 years of age and have her be the legal owner of that gun, even if she is not legally allowed to operate it without adult supervision?


FOLLOW UP QUESTION: Is there any difference between legally gifting a gun to a minor if the gun is a handgun or a rifle?


I ask because there are some guns that we 'consider' to be my daughter's guns. She shoots them, she cares for them . . . I lock them up when not in use. IF the so-called GUN SHOW LOOPHOLE is 'closed' by Obama and the Brady gang, then to gift guns to our daughters we will have to go to an FFL dealer and have them "transferred". My problem with this is that we already own them and we've already paid to transfer them, so why should we have to pay to transfer them again simply so our daughter can own what she already owns?


So if I have a plinking pistol & plinking rifle and I have a minor daughter, can I legally "gift" her that gun and can she take legal ownership of that gun while she is a minor?