Gun Laws

The following statutes describe persons that

are prohibited from possessing a firearm:Thus carrying a firearm concealed.

Minnesota Statutes, §518B.01, subdivision 14

Violation of an Order for Protection.

Minnesota Statutes, §609.224, subdivision 3 - Assault in the 1

through 5 Degree with firearms.

Minnesota Statutes, §609.2242,

subdivision 3 - Domestic assaults with firearms.

Minnesota Statutes, §609.749, subdivision 8 - Harassment; Stalking; Firearms.

Minnesota Statutes, §624.713 - Certain

persons not to have pistols or semiaut

omatic military-style assault weapons.

Minnesota Statutes, §624.719 - Possession of a firearm by non-resident alien.

Minnesota Statutes, §629.715, subdivision 2 - Surrender of firearms as condition of release.

Minnesota Statutes, §629.72, subdivision 2 - Judicial review that prohibits person from possessing a firearm. Minnesota Statutes, §299C.091 - Listed in

the criminal gang investigation system.

Active restraining orders , HRO'S not only prohibit a party from pocessing a firearm of any kind , but also does typically barr such party from obtaining a carry permit. There are so many fine line laws and structure to being able to obtain a carry permit . Please inquire about a carry permit and disqualifying facts with a lawyer. There are great gun rights lawyers in Minneapolis specifically.

Your questions are best answered with a experienced Gun Rights lawyer in Minnesota. The above statues are what are commonly listed on the Minnesota Carry Application as restrictions. Please read the bold print on the application as some federal laws that may not be listed may be restricting. If you are truly guessing if you are able to carry a firearm ..you may not even want to consider the process in my view as..you may have to many things to try and dodge. Only responsible lawful adults so have the privilege of carrying a concealed firearm. Please seek lawyer advice for more in depth questions.

As long as guns have been around. The first major gun control law was the 1934 National Firearms Act which prohibited certain weapons. It was a response to the Valentine's Day Massacre, planned by Al Capone using machine guns. Gun control became a major issue after John Kennedy's assassination, resulting in the Gun Control Act of 1968 being passed to prevent criminals and people with mental illness from buying weapons.

Montana has no law regulating non-powder (i.e., BB and air) guns.

Yes, Florida recognizes permits from Georgia, as long as you are a resident of Georgia (in other words, it cannot be a non-resident permit). See www.handgunlaw.us for more information.

Depends on what the misdemeanor was, and how long ago. If it was domestic violence, you may not possess ANY firearm- Federal law.

The law states that you are eligiable as long as you have not been CONVICTED of a felony, or other various laws such as stalking, ect. There are also several provisions that will bar a person from obtaing a permit, if you check the Tennessee government web site they are listed. The application does require an applicant to list all arrest, even if the charges were expunged, but I understand the state statute to only prohibit CONVICTED persons from obtaining the permit. A good way to test this would be to apply to purchase a hand gun. If you are approved, you should be eligable to also carry it. Rodney C.

No it is not illegal, However it's very stupid and you could potentially be killed

Own? yes. Carry? no. if you are seen carrying an airsoft replica in public it will most likely be considered a real firearm by civilians as well as law enforcement. Do not carry or brandish an airsoft gun in public ever. it is a good way to get shot by the real thing

I suggest you contact the local County Sheriff's Office for the correct answer for the place to go get a permit to carry in your particular area. You are normally required to take some classes and/or go through some hands on training in order to get a permit to 'concealed' carry. Some States are 'open carry' and don't require you to go get a permit to carry openly.

Contact the local County Sheriff for area specific rules or regulations.

The answer is yes. A sound supressor is legal to own in the State of Connecticut as long as it is registered with the ATF as it is an NFA regulated item. All it takes is an application and $200 for the transfer.

Depends on the law where YOU live (and you did not tell us that). Also, there are different permits in different places- permits to own, permits to carry, etc-and different misdemeanors. You will have to provide some more information before we can provide some information.

The Safety Inspection requirement in the law, previously Michigan Criminal law 28.429 has been repealed. As long as the gun was previously registered in your name and is on file with the Michigan State Police, you are not required to complete any additional paperwork. It is not a requirement that you carry your Safety Inspection Certificate or License to Purchase on you when carrying, using or transporting the gun, once 30 days from the date of purchase has expired. There are no Safety Inspection Certificate forms available to issue you a new one. You may contact your local law enforcement agency and request a copy of the information entered in the pistol entry database relative to your registration/license. They may charge up to $1.00. Or, you may make a request through the Michigan State Police, Freedom of Information Unit, P.O. Box 30634, Lansing, Michigan 48909-0634, for a copy of your registration.

You need to consult a lawyer who is familiar with Texas and Federal firearms laws for an answer that is legally correct. no you cant own a gun in Texas with a felony or a class A misdemeanor.but if you did the crime be for you became 16 years or age at 17 years of age you are charged as a adult you can take it to the court to remove it or seal it this is going to cost from $500 - $2000

Only the fully automatic firearms that were already registered with the BATFE by May 1986 can be transferred to a private citizen. Which is why the price of a LEGAL, papered M16 that can be transferred is about $26,000. Since the supply is finite, prices have risen sharply.

If you can walk into Walmart, Big 5 or any sporting goods store in ORANGE County and purchase one then they are legal. Otherwise the store can not sell them.

You have rights just like any other citizen and it shouldn't affect anything until you use it in a negative way. If you do, it should be taken away from you because you obviously cannot handle it.

It depends on the state. For instance, in Florida, yes, it's a concealed weapons permit and it covers weapons besides just guns. If I remember correctly, you can carry any weapon that's legal to have.

On the other hand, Tennessee issues a "Handgun Carry Permit" that only covers handguns and nothing else, BUT it is not illegal to carry a concealed knife as long as the knife is otherwise legal (has to be less than 4 inches, basically), so the permit is irrelevent regarding knives.

ADDING: Georgia just changed their law in 2010 to issue a "weapons carry license" that includes both handguns and knives with blades 5" or longer. Such weapons are not only covered by the permit, but also not subject to any city or county local laws. State-level preemption. But that's Georgia. Other states are different.

The state and Federal laws that govern the sale of firearms apply at a gun show the same as anywhere else. If you are a licensed firearms dealer (and people that are in the business of buying and selling guns for a living are required to BE licensed) you must follow the same rules and procedures as if you were selling a gun in your shop. A private citizen may sell a gun at a gun show without those procedures, just as if they had put a "for sale" ad in the local paper. Some states have additional restrictions beyond the Federal law. A popular misconception is called "The gun show loophole"- when in fact, there IS no "loophole". If it is illegal for you to buy a gun at the shop, it is illegal to buy one at a show. If you cannot sell a gun to a minor at your home, you cannot do that at a show.

It somewhat stands in the way of some people's ideas that the US could be made safe by an effort to take away guns from everyone except police and the military. That's probably the main con.

On the pro side, it is designed to prevent tyranny. Its role in preventing or increasing crime is so hotly debated that most people lose sight of the fact that ordinary crime had nothing to do with the reason it was passed. There are even people now who think the Second Amendment was related to hunting. For what it's worth, it has played a role in helping potential victims of crime arm themselves to deter or defend against criminals and, of course, hunters, marksmen, gun collectors and gun manufacturers tend to like it as well. There is substantial evidence that when Florida and other states passed laws making it much easier for people with no criminal record to legally carry concealed weapons and then issued over 100,000 concealed carry permits, that many categories of violent crime dropped. Though this was a boost for the anti-crime arguments in favor of the Second Amendment, the fact remains that crime was not reason the Second Amendment was passed.

The main reason it was passed was to prevent Tyranny. The idea was that the United States should rely for defense upon an armed militia consisting of all able-bodied men in the US. (Women were not expected to fight in the 18th century when the 2nd Amendment was passed.)

One reason for wanting to use the militia system was that calling a large portion of the population into military service to repel an invasion would allow the rapid formation of a huge military force when it was needed. But this was not the reason that it was put into the constitution as the 2nd Amendment. It was put into the constitution to prevent the replacement of the militia system by a "standing army" which could be more easily used to suppress political dissent and defend tyrants against insurrection by the people.

The current constitution was not the one implemented at the time of the American Revolution. That was the Articles of Confederation, which were being drawn up in June of 1776, shortly before the Declaration of Independence was passed by the Second Continental Congress. The Articles of Confederation weren't fully ratified until 1781, two years before the Treaty of Paris ended the War of the American Revolution.

The US Constitution that is nominally in effect today was proposed in 1787 and adopted by twelve states by 1789 and by Rhode Island in 1790. By that time, the American Revolution had been over for seven years. A number of states feared that the new constitution would give the central government too much power. This fear was increased by the fact that leaders of the Federalist Party had such a strong role in drafting it and they were well known for favoring more power for the central government. Their opponents, sometimes called "Anti-Federalists", "Republicans", "Democrats" or "Democratic Republicans" (Their party later became the Democratic Party) were known in those days for opposing greater power in the hands of the central government.

Partly due to fears that the new US Constitution would not be ratified by the states, ten amendments were introduced by James Madison in 1789. These ten amendments are known as the Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment was number two on the list. All ten of these amendments were clearly designed to limit the power of the federal government. Today, some people would like to believe that the second amendment was somehow different and was designed to give the federal government the power to have an army. The US Constitution itself already authorized the federal government to have a military, in Article 1 and Article 2, but clearly envisioned a militia-type system such as the US had used in the War of the American Revolution and still had at the time the US Constitution was drafted and ratified.

The main purpose of the 2nd Amendment was to prevent the militia from being replaced by a "standing army", meaning a professional army that might have more loyalty to the government than to the people and could be used to oppress the people as the previous (British) government's army had done before and during the War of the American Revolution.

There are plenty of historical examples of countries that remained relatively free so long as they were defended by such a militia and plenty of examples of tyrannies where the power of the tyrants depended upon a specialized armed force loyal to the tyrant. Even Niccolo Machiavelli, the 16th century political writer notorious for writing about the harsh realities of politics wrote that a militia, such as had defended the Florentine Republic, was the best defense against tyranny. The theory is that the people aren't going to oppress themselves, so an army made up of basically the whole population capable of bearing arms is a lot less likely to support a tyranny than a smaller force of professional soldiers who make their career in the army and are financially dependent upon the government.

Of course, the US now has a large standing army and has almost abandoned the old militia type system. This occurred mostly during the 20th century. I suppose another con of the Second Amendment is that it failed to prevent this as it was intended.

Under federal law you must be 18 to purchase rifles or shotguns, 21 to buy handguns and ammunition from a licensed dealer.

US Code Title 18 Section 922

You can purchase a handgun, rifle, or shotgun from a private seller at 18.

Texas Penal Sode Section 46.06

To actually carry a handgun with you (concealed) you must have a conceal-carry license. But you can carry a handgun on or about your person in your vehicle without a license IF:

1 it is your vehicle or a vehicle under your control

2 it must be concealed

3 not committing any crime other than class c traffic

4 legally able to possess the handgun

5 not a member of a street gang

Texas Penal Code Section 46.02

No License needed. You can legally carry it as long as you are not a felon. Minors aged 16 and above may also carry a taser with parent permission. You are also not allowed to carry it in state or public buildings and meetings. Unlike what the law defines as firearms however the 1000ft from school limit doesn't apply.

Only if you have anything classed as an NFA item (e.g., full auto weapons, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, anything classed as a destructive device, anything classed as AOW [any other weapon], etc.).

Legally you don't need one just use wise gun handling judgement.

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Some countries require a BB or Air gun license. So it is best to check with local authorities and find out the procedure for a permit.

==One Answer== The United States government is not trying to interfere with your right to gun ownership. There has been a struggle over the Second Amendment for centuries. There has always been individual lawmakers on both sides of the issue. The ones who seek stricter regulation of firearms believe that will have an impact on the easy availability of guns by criminals. The opposition thinks gun owners should be protected at all costs. The present administration has supported the latter and the anti-gun-control lobby has always been stronger than the opposition. Many people think the opportunity for gun control has passed. Guns are now a part of the fabric of American life. In answer to that dilemma the gun lobby proposes that every American should be armed in order to protect themselves from gun violence.