Most-least firearm friendly states
 

Observations while thumbing through the 27th edition of State Laws and Published Ordinances-Firearms provided by the ATF, and excluding city and county municipal codes. The winner of the state with the smallest section is Wyoming, with ½ a page. I was surprised to find Vermont next with 1 ¼ page. Alabama, Iowa, and Kansas had less than three pages each. Supposedly restrictive Massachusetts and Illinois had only 17 ¾ and 9 ¾ respectively, although IL has eleven pages of city codes to MASS‘s two. But the overwhelming winner was California, with over 46 pages, plus 20 pages of city codes.
Quite a load for a firearms dealer to keep up with. The entire Federal code dealing with firearms dealers, Title 27 CFR Part 478, covers only 40 pages, and in bigger print at that.
Obviously this is a pretty subjective rating system, it only takes one restrictive ordinance to skew how gun friendly any particular state is.
Jim

How many pages for Tejas? And of that, is it also available in Spainish?

Exactly, while Illinois may not have a huge volume of state-wide firearm laws, the ones that it does have are extremely restrictive. The worst being the FOID act, requiring all potential firearm owners to register with the State Police and to recieve a special ID card.

A state only needs 2 words of code.."NO FIREARMS."

and that state is NJ. to get a gun, one needs to have a reason...and that reason MUST be approved by the local police chief.
In my town, as in most towns, there is no approved reason to get a gun...
Rights? what does that mean? you have the rights I say you have...that is how it is done here in NJ

Nick: When has "Target Shooting" or "Self Defense" failed to get you a permit? I've never had any type of problem here in NJ. Look at NYC where you can't get a permit for any reason whatsoever.

Which of course violates the US Constitution.

I find it hard to believe NJ has laws like that and they have not been overturned. The law banning handguns in San Francisco violates both state and federal constitutions, which they knew when they wrote it.

you don't live in sussex county...they refuse most all rifle permits, save shotguns (and you must have a hunting liscense then) and will not allow handguns period.
target shootoing would not fly in my town...or most others here either, much less self defense. I actually did apply and said i wanted it for self defenese..to which i was politely told that was THIER job and i need not worry about it...apparently the PD cheif have a pact to do it as I have heard this from a bunch of freinds too.

that is the sly part..it doesn't say that, you need to get the permits thru the PD..and if they say no..you are beat

Nick, that clearly violates due process.

Where is the ACLU?

Oh, right, they don't care about the Second Amendment.

What rifle permits? All you need is a Firearm ID card and you can buy as many rifles as you like.

FWIU, the Police chief cannot legally prevent you from accessing a pistol permit. This info comes from collector friends. I also have friends in Sussex that shoot and have no issues getting permits.

Texas has quite a bit, but mostly it is "connected" legislation, referring back to something else like on definitions. My book on Texas firearm laws covers more than just ownership: self defense, property, carrying in car, concealed carry, etc. If it is just the stuff on ownership, I expect it would be quite small.

LM
Texas has almost four pages, the only bi-lingual section I found was for Puerto Rico.
Jim

are they cops? collecters are different...they genereally have had their cards for a long time..i am speaking of getting new ones.

Nick: The Firearm ID card has to be issued if you ask....no questions. Once you get it you can purchase as many rifles (long arms) as you'd like and the PD has zero involvement or knowledge.

A chief can give you a hard time but they are legally obligated to signoff if you are not a felon or mentally incapable. The local NRA chapter should be able to assist if you run into interference.

Please read this page: http://www.njguns.com/permit.htm

" 2C:58-3(f). Purchase of firearms

"...the licensing authority who shall investigate the same and, unless good cause for the denial thereof appears, shall grant the permit or the identification card, or both, if application has been made therefor, within 30 days from the date of receipt of the application for residents of this State and within 45 days for nonresident applicants. A permit to purchase a handgun shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of issuance and may be renewed by the issuing authority for good cause for an additional 90 days."

" 2C:58-3(f). Purchase of firearms

"...There shall be no conditions or requirements added to the form or content of the application, or required by the licensing authority for the issuance of a permit or identification card, other than those that are specifically set forth in this chapter. "



"Some municipalities take months to process applications. This is an illegal process
which as been propagated due to the lack of people challenging the system. If you don't
want to wait months for your permit, you don't have to. Take your municipality to court
and demand your application be processed according to State statutes."

I grew up in Sussex County and I've never heard of anything like this. My friends had no trouble getting guns and my neighborhood sounded like a freaking war zone during hunting season. What town do you live in where they don't let people have guns? This smells fishy to me. Some of the local police departments in Sussex County are less than professional (to put it nicely) - more like Boss Hogg than NYPD Blue. I'd get a lawyer if I were you. Sounds like you've run into a small town cop with an attitude problem who thinks he/she can make up the laws arbitrarily.

To add, here is the law. It is very clear as to who can and cannot obtain a permit: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/legis/2003c73.pdf

where in sussex? i live in franklin

Sure am glad I live in VA. Best thing about VA's gun laws are the state pre-emption laws, which ban all entities but the state government from passing further restrictions on guns. Lots of cities and counties have tried and the state squashes them every time. Moving to AZ soon, which I believe has a similar gun culture. In VA it's real easy to buy a gun and carry it, even resell it in a parking lot to a stranger. But get caught misusing that gun and they will come after you worse than the feds ever thought about and in VA there are mandatory minimums and no parole. Ouch.

I think PA is pretty liberal (?) with it's gun laws, meaning not many restrictions. Lots of hunters, lots of guns. The Gov. even tried to have a law pass restricting PA residents to only purchasing ONE handgun a month and it wouldn't pass. Come to PA, buy all the guns you like!

The guy who sits diagonal from me is from PA. He is always bragging about how great the gun laws are outside of Pitsburgh and Philly. He even had his CCW, which is worthless in IL...

We buy our guns at yard sales and flea markets. Less paperwork.

I believe PA was once described like this: "At one end of the state you have Pittsburgh, at the other Philadelphia. In between you have Alabama".

I got my first CCW while living in Pittsburgh around 1993, no qualifying, no fingerprints. We have the one-gun-a-month rationing here in VA, but CCW's are exempt, so it means nothing to me.

Vernon, right next door. I don't live there any more but still have good friends in the area. I'm not surprised you had problems with the Franklin cops. I always got the impression they were yahoos - not that the other local PD's are any better. I think Vernon had just three police cars to patrol 67 sq miles back when I was growing up. In fact, IIRC, Hardyston didn't even have a PD. Of course, I can't think of a single actual crime that got committed the whole time I lived there - aside from the occassional teenage prank and maybe some drunken idiots at Action Park. So maybe the local cops get bored and start making up new laws.

Anyway, I'd seriously get an attorney and fight it. Of course, I've had friends who pissed off the local cops and ended up getting pulled over every time they got behind the wheel. So be cautious. Small towns can be great and they can also suck massively.

Yea I had no idea the restrictions on firearms in the rest of the country. I was told the east was bad I had no idea you had to ask the cops if you could buy a gun WTF ? We must be the least affected with the exception of Wyoming, used to live there also. Firearms are almost encouraged here in Montana. What do they say '' If firearms arms are outlawed, only outlaws will have them" very shocking, even the liberals here own a couple shotguns.

there are liberals in CA who own guns as well. Don't believe everything you read ;)

Don't rock their world, nostatic. Next you'll be telling them Rush is a gasbag. :eek:

We need more of you.

Heck, we need more politicians like Bill Richardson too.

When the police take full control over a law-abiding persons right to home/self defense, then they should also take full responsibility and liability.

If someone is denied a permit and then is killed in their own home, who's fault is that?

The killer with the gun that he stole from the last victim who wussed out :)