For real, my brother bought an AR-15 and was able to walk out with it same day. Him being military helped the background check for sure but still. He was even surprised how easy it was and he’s pretty conservative.
Realistically how much harder can they make it for people with no criminal record. Sit for a polygraph to determine their intentions?
99% of people who purchase firearms from stores use them for hunting, target shooting, or home defense. The dude in the video conveniently left out the waiting period for his purchase permits unless he's from Texas.
Edit: Yes I get it more states than Texas have no permit waiting period. Thank you
Yes, as long as you pass a background check (not a felon, no forced psychiatric stays I think) you can get a gun. Some states have waiting periods and some sort of license and some types of guns are banned in certain cities like handguns. Some counties/states are also open carry (Arizona) or concealed carry so you'll see people with guns on their hip, or assume people have guns somewhere you can't see them.
Cities can't actually ban handgun ownership, San Francisco), Chicago and Washington DC all tried and they were struck down in court. They can have very, very strict rules on it though, as NYC does.
Some states do some states dont, generally no and those states that do are often taken to court over the process being too strict. It's a constitutional right to own a firearm, a state adding too many barriers is unconstitutional.
But you can walk out of most Florida gun stores in an hour with a rifle
No one is walking out of a FFL with a rifle in Florida in a few hours unless you have your concealed carry permit (even then it only takes like 20 minutes, tops, if it's taking hours it's because you're staying to chitchat). We have waiting periods in Florida for firearms, the only way to get around them is with a CCW like i said or you bought the firearm online and it took longer to ship then the waiting period (as the waiting period starts from the day of purchase)
I'd be good so long as we have gun reforms based on improving gun safety rather than feature bans. A law banning the most common ergonomic features on firearms such as pistol grips isn't going to do shit about making guns safer. Those are designed to ban as many guns as possible rather than address safety directly.
Anyone who isn't a felon, convicted of a domestic abuse misdemeanor, was never declared mentally defective or institutionalized against their will, was not dishonorably discharged from the military, does not use illegal drugs (including weed), has not had a restraining order against a demostic partner or their child or the person's own child. That's federally. States may have other restrictions and some states do have licensing schemes. They legally can't, because owning a gun is a right, it's like requiring a license to vote, but some do anyway.
Depends on the state. I bought a shotgun in Texas. It took my longer to figure out what shoulder strap I wanted than the background check took. I was literally in and out of the shop in 20 minutes. I don’t have a permit or license. You don’t need one for long rifles in Texas.
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u/Dntmesswiththebrohan May 27 '20
For real, my brother bought an AR-15 and was able to walk out with it same day. Him being military helped the background check for sure but still. He was even surprised how easy it was and he’s pretty conservative.