You hear the call all the time from those who would ban guns. “We need to have common sense gun laws!”
Well I agree, we do need common sense gun laws.
For instance, if the barrel on my shotgun is over 18 inches it’s legal. If it’s 17 3/4 inches long I could face 10 years in jail. That makes no sense.
My car is required by law to have a noise suppressor on it so I don’t annoy the neighbors. My gun is forbidden by law from having one. That makes no sense.
In some states if my rifle has some extra plastic on it, it’s illegal. That makes no sense.
In some states if my pistol is a different color, it’s illegal. That makes no sense.
In some states it’s illegal for me to carry a gun. Criminals don’t obey the law, I do and am unarmed when attacked. That makes no sense.
In some states if my magazine holds ten rounds it’s legal. If it holds eleven it’s illegal. That makes no sense.
In some states if a restaurant makes 50% of its revenue from alcohol it’s legal for me to carry there. If it makes 51% revenue from alcohol it’s not legal for me to carry. That makes no sense.
In my home state it’s legal for me to carry a concealed handgun. It’s illegal for me to openly carry one. That makes no sense.
If a machine gun was made in 1985 it is legal for me to own if I pay the tax on it. If it was made in 1987 it is illegal to own. That makes no sense.
If my revolver uses black powder, it is not considered a firearm. If it uses smokeless powder it is a firearm. That makes no sense.
So yes, PLEASE. Let’s have some common sense gun laws. We can start by getting rid of all the ones that make no sense.
Gun control laws are designed to make it difficult for honest people to own or carry a gun.
They make perfect sense if that is your goal. These are not bugs … it is working as designed.
Amen…
A Ruger Charger is legal. The exact same parts on an identical receiver that started as a 10/22 are not.
A dimple in the grip is required for my XD to be legal to import.
My Keltec can’t be imported, but is perfectly legal to build and sell in the US.
I can legally carry a handgun concealed in around 30 states, but I can only buy a handgun in one state.
In some of the states where a new 11 round mag is illegal, an old enough one is legal.
I completely agree!
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I actually got a new perspective on the import laws after talking firearms with a new coworker. His family is from Taiwan, and his dad used to import firearms. From hearing him talk, it’s not unlikely that a lot of U.S. companies pushed for the changes, because the importers were killing them (in the economic/financial sense) in the gun market.