[Joeaksa]

Klaucke,

We do not even want to go there! I was laid off 3 weeks after 9/11 and had job offers all over the country. CA, MA were totally off limits as was DC, HI and NYC. Cali is rabid about anything that holds more than I believe 7 rounds in it, and DC its illegal for anyone to own a pistol. Hawaii takes a year to get a weapon approved.

Mass has a law on the books that if the police "believe" that you could be a danger to anyone, that they do not need a warrant, and can just come into your house, sieze your weapons and throw you in jail. Period, do not pass go and when you are lucky you get to call the lawyer.

Have a good friend whose Brother is a gun dealer up there. He says that since this law came into being that the number of weapons being sold as you mentioned, between private parties with no paperwork being done, has more than doubled. No one wants the paperwork nor the cops knowing anything that they have in the house if at all possible. They are not criminals, have done nothing wrong, but feel that the state is overstepping its boundaries and are going around the new law.

There are enough states who let an individual have a weapon without dragging a ball and chain behind him. Do not see how you guys put up with it but thats for you guys to deal with. We can wear a gun on our hip out here in the West with no paperwork and no hassle.

Joe