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In reply to the discussion: Phila. 4-year-old shoots himself [View all]geckosfeet
(9,644 posts)96. Ok. For concealed carry you need a license. In my state you need a license to buy, own and fire
a gun. In some states you can own and buy without a license but you cannot carry concealed. You also need your license to buy ammunition.
On edit: The link seems to address concealed carry and not ownership specifically. Many states do require permit or licensing procedure before you can carry concealed. Ownership and buying may be different matter. I will state browsing each states gun laws, but I suspect that many states don't restrict buying.
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Are you implying that in order to own a gun you need to be intelligent? Somewhere the NRA is...
Walk away
Apr 2012
#3
Should only be available to property owners. Or maybe some sort of intelligence test. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#55
Ok. For concealed carry you need a license. In my state you need a license to buy, own and fire
geckosfeet
Apr 2012
#96
Most gun owners are not college educated. As the level of education goes up....
Walk away
Apr 2012
#98
So was slavery at one time. It doesn't make it right, moral or good for the country. nt
Walk away
Apr 2012
#121
Ensuring the right to efficient means of self-defense isn't "right, moral or good for the country"?
PavePusher
Apr 2012
#125
I never said Slavery was in the Bill of Rights. It is clearly in the body of the Constitution...
Walk away
Apr 2012
#134
You stated "so was slavery" in response to the statement "It's also a Constitutional right".
NutmegYankee
Apr 2012
#136
I am just stating facts. If you think the truth is racism then I'm betting you are a ...
Walk away
Apr 2012
#120
Seems to be false on the education front, as shown by the evidence in your post #123.
PavePusher
Apr 2012
#124
Tests on gun ownership would be quite easy to pass even for high school dropouts.
NutmegYankee
Apr 2012
#115
I did not say that ALL gun owners are stupid. For a supposedly intelligent...
Walk away
Apr 2012
#122
I would counter that anecdotal comments are worthless. Maybe this will help.
Walk away
Apr 2012
#123
My post said nothing about gun safety. You were contesting my post. You are the one off topic.
Walk away
Apr 2012
#130
According to US Code, every male between the ages of 17 and 45, automatically is.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2012
#37
A flintlock is a firearm. A bolt action cartridge rifle is still a firearm.
NutmegYankee
Apr 2012
#63
A militia is a four year old boy with a gun he got from under his mom's pillow.
Crunchy Frog
Apr 2012
#49
Even easier. A writing or intelligence test for those that want a gun. nt
Snake Alchemist
Apr 2012
#56
Because guns are common, even a person who doesn't own one is likely to encounter one at some point
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#26
Maybe we ought to teach kids guns are bad and don't touch like poison ivy or something.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#27
Right wingers are behind most gun proliferation in this country. Some liberals hitch a ride for
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#38
The NRA is a lying, right-wing organization, and its advocacy shouldn't be permitted here.
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2012
#113
People change their minds about things over time. Today's kid who says he or she will never own...
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#34
Yes, it's disgusting that we're tired of seeing children being slaughtered with guns every day
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2012
#114
What was "accidental"? leaving a loaded gun where a 4 year old could find it, or the 4 year old
Devil_Fish
Apr 2012
#101
Any time a child gets access to a firearm, somebody should face criminal charges.
onehandle
Apr 2012
#138