Montana is similar to that, you can carry one in the car, unloaded though, as long as it's in plain site. Concealed weapons permit is fairly easy to get if you have a reason to carry it and no prior violent offenses. My wife doesn't want me to have guns in the house because of the baby which drives me nuts... I carried and slept with one for a year in a combat zone and now not having it makes me feel a bit afraid. So I just keep them at someone elses house. I've got a 3 rifles and a pistol that I use for hunting and target practice. I don't mind more strickt gun laws but if they remove the right completely that's where I draw the line. I don't care if I have to wait xx days to pick it up as long as I have the right to have it.

Popular Montana bumper sticker "Keep Honking, I'm reloading"

 

Same here.Iwouldn't care if there was a one year waiting period.That would probably actually be worse cause I'd pick a gun I wanted and register to buy it, then save slowly for a year.
From what I read recently (although I cannot currently find my source), in Mississippi,it is legal for a gun to be concealed in your vehicle and loaded (unless you are in a national park).

 

What about fully automatic weapons?

A guy I once knew bought an AK-47, and modded it to be fully auto.. Like an idiot he carried it in his trunk with shells... let's not discuss that part please... we all know that was stupid.

but... I wonder if it's a fed law or state law that it's illegal to have a full-auto weapon?

 

In some of the rural areas of calif they have open carry laws. As long as the gun is holstered and visible it is legal. I'm sure other states have open carry rules as well.

As for the fully automatic weapons, I know here in calif you can buy a modified m4 which is semi automatic. Apparently it is really easy to demodify so it will go back to full auto. Isn't the fully auto thing a federal law? Brady's bill? I thought it was coming up again and it would either be reinstated or revoked. Anybody know?

I know in florida they made it so out of state people could get ccw licenses. Can't find it right now, but this reduced the amount of tourists who were being robbed.

Calif we can have guns in our cars as long as it is in the trunk and unloaded and separated from the bullets.

 

Kinda like putting a gun on layaway? lol.

 

The auto/semiauto thing is both state and federal. Whichever is most restrictive is enforced.
X2 on the 1911 .45 semi--best ever.

 

I'm sure that I must have some intelligent comments to make but I have been watching Top Gear, Red Dwarf, and Star Trek [2 varieties] while drinking a rather fine bottle of Spanish brandy. Oh bugger, the keyboard is blurred. Buzzcocks is about to start [do you get that ?] so i might as well finish the bottle and pass out. Good night, cousins.

 

LOL.. No we don't get that.. don't think i'd watch somethign called "Buzz *****" either... lol...

 

sounds like the guy got stung in the dick by a bee ..... you are all welcome for that mental picture!!!

 

i most likely have one of the most liberal view on gun ownership i know. For these reasons:
#1) the constitution says were allowed to have guns. If it wern't for all the dumb-$*&# gang members out there i would have no problem legalizing full-auto weapons. im not too worried about our govt. becoming (that) corrupt, but civilan gun ownership is another check and balance within the govt. take that away now, civilans might regret it 40 years from now.
#2) "guns dont kill people, people kill people". you take away guns or make them more restrictive, the only people that have/can carry guns are criminals, cops, and the military. none of which i completely trust.
#3) this might just be me, but if i was ever caught "doin the deed" with a married woman by her husband, i would rather he pop me one right in the skull than have him stab me 15 times with a screwdriver. but thats just me.
#4) the anti-semi/full automatic gun ban was introduced in the '20s to stop the stereotypical tommy-gun wielding '20s gangster. It doesnt have much bearing with todays society. i think full/semi automatic guns should be heavily restricted, but not illegal.


also, @LX5sp: your 7 times more likely to shoot your own family member than shoot an intruder if you have a gun readily available to shoot intruders. if (when) I own a gun, ill keep it either in a lock box somewhere safe out of my house, or in a not-so-obvious-to-be-a-gun-safe safe in the basement. most likely the 2nd.