About state gun laws -BRADY bunch will tell you

[Hk91-762mm]

Go to the BRADY GUNCONTROL site Enter the state you want to know about and they will tell you How BAD it is [good our way] and tell you what controls are in place - Use them for something we can use !! ASk the NRA what good states there are and you wont get this much good info.
http://www.bradycampaign.org/

http://www.stategunlaws.org/viewstate.php?st=CA

As you can see Ca is one of the worst places for gun owners -I dont understand why We cant talk badly about our enemies????

 

[frankie_the_yankee]

Much of their info is out of date. For instance, they refer to the fact that the federal ban on so-called "assault weapons" "will sunset" in 2004.

So I would not give them high marks for accuracy, or much of anything else for that matter.

 

[TAB]

I went to the 2nd link... some of stuff they list is wrong and 1 is against federal law so of corse the state is not going to do it.

so lets just break them down alittle bit...

Anti-Trafficking
Is there a one-handgun-per-month limit on gun sales? Yes


wrong, while yes you can only buy one hand gun from a dealer( unless your LEO) per month( law is acutally 30 24 hour incraments) you can buy as many hang guns from private partys you want.
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Attorney General Regulations
May Attorney General regulate guns? No

correct
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Ballistic Fingerprinting
Must handguns be ballistic fingerprinted prior to sale? No

does anystate do this? I'm not aware of any.

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Child Access Prevention - CAP
Are gun owners held accountable for leaving guns accessible to kids? Yes

yes and no

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Gun Manufacturer Accountability
Do cities have authority to hold gun makers legally liable? Yes

wrong, law was passed then it was over turned
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Juvenile Possession
Are minors restricted from possessing guns? Partial

Children are aloud to have fire arms in or around the person if they are doing something involing fire arms...IE hunting.( some restrictions envoled with that but not many)
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License or Permit to Purchase
Is a license/permit required to buy handguns? Yes

Its neither a license or permit, it is proof that you have completed the mandated safety class( video and test)
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Record Keeping
May police maintain gun sale records? Yes

The police have nothing to do with it, its the department of juctice.
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Safety Standards
Are there consumer safety standards on guns? Partial

That only applys to new hand guns... of which there are several loop holes.
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Saturday Night Specials
Are there limitations on 'junk' handguns? Yes

see above

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Secondary Sales
Are background checks required on 'private' gun sales? Yes

correct

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Assault Weapons
Are there limitations on assault weapons and magazines? Yes

sadly yes, but once again lots of loop holes
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Background Check At State Level
Do state police perform a background check in addition to federal NICS check? Yes

correct, but once again its not the state police( AKA chp) its the DOJ... very from standard LE

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CCW Limits
May police limit carrying concealed handguns? Yes


wrong, Police/sheriffs dept can only restrict issuing of permits, they can not limit permit holders from carrying concealed( that power falls to the legislator, city conciel or county heads... not the police)
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Child-Safety Locks
Must locking devices be sold with guns? Yes

Wrong, if you have an approved safe you do not need to buy a approved gun lock.

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Gun Show Checks
Are background checks required at gun shows? Yes

see above
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Juvenile Sale
Is it illegal to sell guns to kids? Yes


federal law dummys
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Local Gun Laws - Preemption
May cities enact laws stronger than the state's? Yes

up to a point
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Registration
Are all guns registered with law enforcement? Partial

Its only for Class 3, "assualt weapons" and 50 bmgs pre ban...
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Safety Training
Is safety training required for handgun buyers? Yes

Short video and test... Active miltary and LEO are exempt...
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School Zones
Is it illegal for CCW permit holders to carry guns into schools? No

* cough* misdemeaner *cough* sorry had to clear my throat.
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Waiting Period
Is there a waiting period on gun sales? Yes


corrent...


so lets see how they did...22 Qs they got... 13 right...or 54.54%... that would be a grade of F.

 

[silverlance]

many of their questions are so dumbed down to be useless.

what is a "kid"?
what is a "limitation"?
what is the "police"?

 

[sniper5]

Has anyone noticed that their "grades" run inverse to the crime rates in states for the most part? States with F generally have the lowest crime, states with A the highest.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

They did a pretty good job of summing up Alabama's laws. The only truthful thing I'm ever seen from them!!

 

[Green Lantern]

Yeah, be careful about trusting the Brady Bunch. I still have an article in a gun magazine (several years old) where Mas Ayoob rips 'em a new one while explaining that they list a state as honoring another's CCW permit that did not. He didn't give the specifics, hoping that some antigun "elitist" that CCWs would get burned by following Brady's advice. As he put it in the book:

I didn't say then, and I'm not saying now. Let those civil-rights destroying yuppies do their own damn homework!

 

[brickeyee]

"Ballistic Fingerprinting
Must handguns be ballistic fingerprinted prior to sale? No

does anystate do this? I'm not aware of any."

The Peoples Democratic Republic of Maryland.

 

[Hk91-762mm]

YES =NY state Requires all pistols to be fried and a casing kept ! Its so bad some gun manufactures wont sell in ny anymore .
Good job guys - You found many errors -I missed -I like to point out as another has there rating system gives Good grades to HI crime states and F- to low crime states.
Have a happy New year

 

[MechAg94]

Texas
LOCAL GUN LAWS - PREEMPTION
May cities enact laws stronger than the state's? No

State law generally forbids local city or county governments from enacting any local gun laws, even though the state has failed to pass responsible state-wide laws. This preemption of local government authority makes it impossible for cities to enact sensible gun laws to make their citizens safer.

But Texas cities do have the authority to post signs at public parks and other city property to prevent concealed handguns from being carried.

Out of Date - That oversight was fixed. Local govts no longer can post signs restricting CHL at public parks and other govt property.

I like seeing all the "No"'s on their Texas list.

 

[Mongo the Mutterer]

Missouri still is shown as a D+, and as a "member" of the Brady Campaign I beseeched them to give us an "F", after we passed the Castle Doctrine and repealed our "Permit to Acquire" handgun statute last year.

I was "outraged" at the loosening of Missouri law. But, alas, still a D+, and no updates on the law.

I get the Brady e-mail alerts, and news. They are extremely lame, and if it wasn't for the support of the Socialist Mainstream Media, the Brady's would be entirely off the radar.

Ever seen Paul Helmke interviewed? What a tool!!

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Dangit my state only got a C-? Hopefully someday we can earn that F!

many of their questions are so dumbed down to be useless.

what is a "kid"?

I think the bradys consider a kid anyone up to 25 years old or so in their "statistics". Much of the war on terror is being fought by kids, apparently

 

[Eightball]

I love how they presume that if you buy more than one firearm in a month, it instantly means you're trafficking them to criminals, etc.

I need to go throw up at the sheer amount of BS I ingested from visiting that site.