bigjohn2441
Refugee
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- Feb 21, 2008
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just sitting here on my computer and about 15 gunshots pop off in the distance, as usual. i usually get woken up by distant gunfire (sound travels up the mountain well) at least once a week. i imagine most of this is just some asshole popping off shots in the air to prove how much of a bad motherfucker he is. probably with an illegal gun. it's NOT hard to buy an illegal gun here. it is, however, EXTREMELY difficult to get a legal gun here.
see if you think this is REASONABLE gun control (even for a federal officer such as myself). this is what a person has to do to own a firearm here legally:
1.) go to the police station and apply for a license. 5 types of "colors" of licenses for different things (concealed carry, business, home protection, target shooting, and hunting although i have no idea what you'd hunt here. iguanas?
) along with the application you need a criminal background check, fingerprints, a job letter (to prove im a fed, i guess me showing up in uniform isnt enough ), and a letter stating why i need a firearm. also, this process usually involves the lady in charge of applications harrassing you with snotty things like
-"oh, doesnt homeland security give you a gun? why you need another one?"
-"this is why we have all these problems we do."
-"you dont need a concealed carry license, im only giving you a home protection one"
so IF you get through all that bullshit she sends your application to the commissioner for approval, which takes MONTHS!!!!
2.) IF your license if approved you get a "coupon" which shows you are approved. you can then buy a gun from the 1 store that sells glock handguns ONLY, or if you're bringing a firearm down (which you must report to the police 24 hours within arrival and turn it over to them so they can "hold" it until your application is approved.
3. you take your purchased firearm to the police (or get the one they are "holding") and get it registered.
4. the lady in charge COMES TO YOUR RESIDENCE to see where you will keep it. it must be locked in a secure box. usually accompanied by snotty remarks like #1. now for those of you who dont know, the police deptartment down here isnt the most honest in the world, to say the least. 3 of them just got charged with racketeering, drug trafficking, kidnapping, and other colorfull charges. do i really want these people knowing where exactly my firearms are? theres been stories of peoples guns (and ONLY their guns) being stolen right after they had them "registered" with the police.
5. If you pass all the above steps you finally get your license, which costs about $150 and must be renewed every 3 years (which also requires bringing the gun back down to the station.)
or i could just go to the gas station a buy an ak-47 around back.
see if you think this is REASONABLE gun control (even for a federal officer such as myself). this is what a person has to do to own a firearm here legally:
1.) go to the police station and apply for a license. 5 types of "colors" of licenses for different things (concealed carry, business, home protection, target shooting, and hunting although i have no idea what you'd hunt here. iguanas?
) along with the application you need a criminal background check, fingerprints, a job letter (to prove im a fed, i guess me showing up in uniform isnt enough ), and a letter stating why i need a firearm. also, this process usually involves the lady in charge of applications harrassing you with snotty things like -"oh, doesnt homeland security give you a gun? why you need another one?"
-"this is why we have all these problems we do."
-"you dont need a concealed carry license, im only giving you a home protection one"
so IF you get through all that bullshit she sends your application to the commissioner for approval, which takes MONTHS!!!!
2.) IF your license if approved you get a "coupon" which shows you are approved. you can then buy a gun from the 1 store that sells glock handguns ONLY, or if you're bringing a firearm down (which you must report to the police 24 hours within arrival and turn it over to them so they can "hold" it until your application is approved.
3. you take your purchased firearm to the police (or get the one they are "holding") and get it registered.
4. the lady in charge COMES TO YOUR RESIDENCE to see where you will keep it. it must be locked in a secure box. usually accompanied by snotty remarks like #1. now for those of you who dont know, the police deptartment down here isnt the most honest in the world, to say the least. 3 of them just got charged with racketeering, drug trafficking, kidnapping, and other colorfull charges. do i really want these people knowing where exactly my firearms are? theres been stories of peoples guns (and ONLY their guns) being stolen right after they had them "registered" with the police.
5. If you pass all the above steps you finally get your license, which costs about $150 and must be renewed every 3 years (which also requires bringing the gun back down to the station.)
or i could just go to the gas station a buy an ak-47 around back.
