US gun control laws
Sunday, 18 April 2010 06:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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"Regardless of the arguments you’ll hear so often that gun rights are being increasingly infringed upon, at least on this issue, it appears that gun-rights advocates have made significant progress at affecting the legislative process at the state level."
...that turns out to be an understatement. I was distressed to see how much the gun control laws have changed in the US since the mid-1980s concerning restrictions on concealed weapons. In 39 states, currently, if you pass a safety course and background check, you can carry concealed guns. (In three others, a gun license gives you the right to do so, without checks). Just two states don't allow concealed gun licenses; Wisconsin and Illinois (down from 15 in 1986).
This is of course not the same as how easy states make getting regular gun permits, which I would like to know as well but haven't looked up yet.
sociolog_images:"Regardless of the arguments you’ll hear so often that gun rights are being increasingly infringed upon, at least on this issue, it appears that gun-rights advocates have made significant progress at affecting the legislative process at the state level."
...that turns out to be an understatement. I was distressed to see how much the gun control laws have changed in the US since the mid-1980s concerning restrictions on concealed weapons. In 39 states, currently, if you pass a safety course and background check, you can carry concealed guns. (In three others, a gun license gives you the right to do so, without checks). Just two states don't allow concealed gun licenses; Wisconsin and Illinois (down from 15 in 1986).
This is of course not the same as how easy states make getting regular gun permits, which I would like to know as well but haven't looked up yet.
