Qualifications for getting concealed carry permit are strict

[1a2b3c]

http://www.mydjconnection.com/articles/2003/09/17/community/news2.txt

Meeting the requirements of the new law that goes into effect Oct. 11 will not be difficult, said Sheriff Dan Bullock, but they are strict and he intends to follow them to the letter. One wrong answer on the application form or one misstated fact and the application will be denied.

To qualify for a permit a person must be at least 23 years of age, a citizen of the U.S. and a resident of Missouri for at least six months. Exceptions to the state residency requirement are members of the military and their family members who are stationed in Missouri.

Among those who cannot qualify are people who have been found guilty of a felony crime, been found guilty in the preceding five years of a misdemeanor involving a crime of violence or two misdemeanors involving either alcohol-related driving offenses or possession of a controlled substance.

Anyone who is a fugitive from justice, is charged with a felony or who has been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces cannot be issued a permit.

Applicants who "have engaged in a pattern of behavior, documented in public records, that causes the sheriff to have a reasonable belief that the applicant presents a danger to himself, herself or others" will be denied a permit.

A person who is the respondent in a valid full order of protection in effect at the time of the application cannot be granted a permit.

There is also a requirement that Bullock said will be difficult for his department to enforce. Applicants cannot "have been adjudged mentally incompetent or released from a mental facility for five years prior to the application."

[CO Liberal]

1. A Question

Among those who cannot qualify are people who have been found guilty of a felony crime, been found guilty in the preceding five years of a misdemeanor involving a crime of violence or two misdemeanors involving either alcohol-related driving offenses or possession of a controlled substance.

Anyone who is a fugitive from justice, is charged with a felony or who has been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces cannot be issued a permit.

Applicants who "have engaged in a pattern of behavior, documented in public records, that causes the sheriff to have a reasonable belief that the applicant presents a danger to himself, herself or others" will be denied a permit.

Are any of these classes of people banned from gun ownership by federal law? And if so, shouldn't they be immediately arrested if they try to get a CCW permit?

I'm unfamiliar with the federal law - looking for info......

[1a2b3c]

2. Yep some are

and youre damn right they should be arrested. * started something called project safe neighborhood, or something to that effect, to crack down on felons and others who try to buy a gun. I havent really looked up much about it but it sounds like maybe the only good thing he has done so far in 4 years.

[MrBenchley]

3. Catch this part?

"Another provision of the law that bothers Bullock and many of his fellow sheriffs is that if the process has not been completed within 45 days, they must issue the permit unless they have legal grounds to deny it. If there is a breakdown in the system of checking criminal histories, this could result in the issuance of permits that should not occur."

Isn't that swell?

[Fescue4u]

4. 45 days is ample time.

Fact is, a background check can be performed in a few minutes.

Evertime I buy a gun, a background check performed on me. It takes longer to fill out paper work than it does to review my (lack of) criminal history.

The 45 day clause is there to prevent Gun Control Zealots from circumventing the system by sitting on applications indefintely (like New York City does)

[MrBenchley]

6. Rubbish....

Better to err on the side of public safety...especially for something as frivolous as this....

[Township75]

5. Your first 2 paragraphs are banned from gun ownership...

the third may not necessarily be banned. That provision is common in many RTC states to allow the sheriff to deny it to someone who has repeated offenses that are not felonies..for example, someone with 20 Disorderly conducts on their record should not get a CCW, but DC is not a felony.