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Message no. 1
From: Steve Collins <steve_collins@********.ALEWIFE.KODAK.COM>
Subject: Re: SV- Questions about stuf
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 18:24:25 U
Mail*Link® SMTP RE>SV: Questions about stuff

>Dont you have to be a U.S citizen for ten years before you can get gun
>licenses?


That depends on the State you live in. Some places like Massachusetts =
(where I live) require a whole lot more than that especially if it's a =
pistol. Others (like Arizona and Nevada) don't even have gun licenses You =
just need to have a Social Security Number and proof of residency. Which =
means, I think you don't even need to be a citizen a perminant resident =
alien will do (I'm not too sure on this point though being that I am a US =
Citizen). Hell in Arizona unless they've changed the laws in the last 5 =
years you can go just about anywhere with a gun strapped to your hip as =
long as it's not concealed.
Message no. 2
From: Caric <caric@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: SV- Questions about stuf
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 17:49:00 -0700
That depends on the State you live in. Some places like Massachusetts
(where I live) require a whole lot more than that especially if it's a
pistol. Others (like Arizona and Nevada) don't even have gun licenses You
just need to have a Social Security Number and proof of residency. Which
means, I think you don't even need to be a citizen a perminant resident
alien will do (I'm not too sure on this point though being that I am a US
Citizen). Hell in Arizona unless they've changed the laws in the last 5
years you can go just about anywhere with a gun strapped to your hip as
long as it's not concealed.
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Actually most of what you say is true (I do live in Arizona<g>) You do not
have to register firearms in the state of Arizona and you can wear one
visibly except for into bars or establishments which have posted a sign
saying you can't bring a weapon. We also have a concealed carry law which
means if you take a course and register your fingerprints and let the FBI
do a background check that you can conceal ANY weapon that is normally
legal anywhere except bars and places saying you can't.
WHEW!! When I bought my first firearm it was after the Brady bill had
already been passed and it still only took my fifteen minutes for the whole
process.

~Caric

"All the world's indeed a stage, we are mearly players.
Performers and portrayers. Each anothers audience,
outside the gilded cage." -Rush
caric@*******.com

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