gun owner licensing...similar to the dmv

[buckshotbarlow]

i haven't talked to the cat in 4 years then that email hit...

[Aloha_Shooter]

some disagree, free travel and all.

Feel free to disagree but you're wrong. You have the Constitutional right to travel; you do NOT have a Constitutional right to drive. The courts have long held that the State has an inherent interest in ensuring the public roadways are safe and therefore may regulate people's use of those roadways. This includes requiring licensing of both drivers and vehicles, setting speed limits, etc. The right to keep and bear arms is a bit more fundamental than driving.

[Hound]

driving is not a right . it's a privilege. it can be regulated. rights may not.

Scalia has said gun rights can be regulated in Heller. Machine guns have been regulated for years. Even freedom of speech has been regulated.... Hate speech as an example. The all or nothing approach has us where we are. What was trying to be done here was to not register guns which is what we now have. Great win... I think not. July 1st you either register any gun sold or you are a criminal. Now it is a lose lose situation. This was modeled after C&C.

[Batts1911]

In Massachusetts I had to pay 100 bucks, take a basic safety class for another 80, write a letter to the chief explaining why I wanted to exercise my second amendment right(to own and carry), get two letters of recommendation from friends, then interview with an LEO at the station after printing. I then had to wait 7 months to receive my permit to buy a firearm and carry it concealed. Its up to the Chiefs in this state whether they issue you a permit with no restrictions(LTC-A) or restrictions for hunting/sporting. Some towns automatically issue restrictions on peoples permits simply cause they are applying for the first time. Licencing is bad.

[Hound]

We are a 'right to carry' state not Mass. It is pretty simple to get a C&C here. That being said we are fighting to keep it that way.

[Danimal]

The only think I am thinking could be as a possibility would be if you went through getting your ccw and that would allow you to buy class 3 weapons without tax stamp, and not need a background check for buying new firearms. That would be the only way that I would consider anything even close to this.

Your friend is a misinformed jackass and it's compromises like this that will eventually strip us of our 2A rights.