James Rogers wrote:
>
> >Michael Lorrey wrote:
> >
> >That is why I said 'non-citizen' versus 'non-person'. Non-citizens here
> >in the US are restricted in many areas: they cannot carry concealed
> >weapons or own guns (because as non-citizens, they are not part of or
> >eligible to belong to the 'militia', organized or unorganized, which is
> >made up of all voter-eligible citizens).
>
> Huh? I don't know of a single State that requires citizenship to purchase
> or own firearms.
>
> I know several non-citizens who have CCWs and purchased guns in many
> different locales. Hell, I know people from unfriendly communist countries
> in the U.S. on relatively short non-work visas who have legally bought guns
> and acquired CCWs. You don't even need a green card, just proof of
> residency (though there are a couple extra documentation hoops for the
> non-citizen).
Ok, I probably got bamboozled by 'conventional wisdom' here. I do know
that in Massachusetts this is the case (Sasha was not permitted to buy
guns), but as said by others, Mass is a lost cause. I was under the
impression that the various and many 'anti-terrorist' acts passed in the
last decade had tightened up most of the processes for non-citizens to
legally own or carry guns, and the Brady Act paperwork does specifically
ask residency/citizenship status, a wrong answer meaning instant
rejection.
Now, to prove residency, you need a state ID, for which you have to
provide some legal residency papers (not necessarily a working green
card). Frankly I find the idea that I can't buy a gun in a state I'm not
resident in unless I have them ship them to a dealer in my home state
(and if the gun is legally purchasable in my home state), while a
non-citizen can come in and buy to be totally ludicrous.
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