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That thread on the 2nd amendment decision making of the supreme court reminded me of last night when i was rifle shopping.
So i took a trip out to sportsmans, then to walmart browsing at various rifles looking for something to mostly plink with. When i got to walmart, i started drooling over a rifle on the counter that some gentlemen bought. It was a remmington .243 bolt-action centerfire pre pakaged with a scope. So then my wife asks "so what would be required of us to purchase a rifle like this". The lady behind the desk replies "You need a current form of ID, with your current address on it. You need to be 18 or older for shotguns and rifles, 21 and up for hand guns. You also need to fill out this form, and then i'll make a call and if you check out to not be a mass murderer or something, then you'll have the gun in about 5-10 minutes."
For an extreme contrast, a friend of mine who lives in NY, wants to get into the private security business. He's also a big time gun fanatic, and has been waiting since May to get his hand gun license which he still hasn't received. Also some time ago when we lived in NJ, my father applied for his shotgun license. Took about 13 months roughly to get it, and he's ex military.
I must admit, i don't like living here in NM, but then there are times like these when i'm happy to be here.