Are firearms important enough for you to move?

[SDDL-UP]

I WILL NOT live in California, Oregon, New Jersey, Deleware, New York, Illinois, and a whole bunch of other states that are not free. I desire to be free and I will be free, even if it entails a move someday. I live in Montana now and plan on keeping my state one of those free places.

 

[Devilfrog]

Luckily I live in Florida where the Right To Bear Arms is supported, however if that ever changed I would be moving to another state where where I can enjoy my Constitutional Rights.

 

[Queltor]

No.

I also think it's damaging to gun owners' political power to centralize in one state.

Yes, you could guarantee gun friendly congresspeople. Yes, you could guarantee the electoral votes for that state go towards gun friendly presidential candidates.

Big whoop. By encouraging many gun owners to move to one state, you reduce their political influence in the rest of the country. In the end, fewer states would have gun friendly congresspeople and fewer states would vote for gun friendly presidential candidates.

 

[X-Rap]

Queltor, what is the pop. in your state? How many gun owners? How many belong to the NRA?

 

[Queltor]

I live in Virginia. And it was a choice I made, instead of Maryland or D.C., based partially on existing gun rights.

I was answering the question about moving to Montana based on gun rights. I wouldn't do it.

 

[Duke of Doubt]

When I moved to the DC area about twelve years ago I picked MD because at the time VA had a very expensive annual car tax, and I owned several expensive, mostly newer vehicles. I also thought commuting from MD would be easier than crossing the Potomac from VA. What a mistake! The five years I spent in MD convinced me to really research an area before choosing your jurisdiction. Guns in MD? No private sales. One handgun a month. No >20 round magazines sold in state. Waiting periods. That stuff wasn't too bad, and the shows were great, but, most important, few gun shops and practically no place to shoot! Local zoning made it next to impossible to open a store or range. I closely followed all the twists and turns over the years in a local shop's efforts to move to a larger location and open an indoor range. It took many, many years and many, many dollars. I finally left the area in the aftermath of 9/11, and was amazed at how much easier life and guns can be in a place like my current state.

 

[gidaeon]

Sorta.. firearms and the problem of IA's terrible "May Issue" was but a part of the encouraging of my returning to MI. Though handgun registration is :banghead:

As others said, firearms laws are but an indicator of so much more. If only I could move UT, AL ect., to another spot on the continent here.

 

[wep45]

Are firearms important enough for you to move

nope! its not the "end all" of life...........there are more important things

 

[shdwfx]

Firearms law is a real touchstone for personal liberty and freedom. If a democratic government has the ability to regulate weapons, its people are endorsing slavery.

I love New Zealand. LOVE it! But I'll probably never move there because of their obtuse gun laws (not as bad as Australia/UK, though).

 

[Pushrod]

I am planning on it. But after my next move this is it. I will not be uprooted again, I WILL stay and fight.
I don't think the problem will be so much changing States laws on guns, as many of them have arms protections written into their Constitutions, I think it will be Federal laws that will become more draconian and hamper the freedoms that States can offer.

 

[searcher451]

SDDL-UP: What the beef with Oregon? The gun laws of this state are more than fair, given the sad and sorry fact that anyone ever considers gun laws of any stripe to be necessary. You make it sound like Oregon is California or New York. Just the opposite, my friend. Just the opposite.

 

[Hanzerik]

Opposite for me; I'm here already and don't plan to move

Very cool, were you born there or have you relocated? Wife and I are planning to come out at the end of this month and I am applying for some jobs in various parts of the state.

Military Assignment. I was last stationed in NJ for 8.5 years, it was time for me to leave...didn't like the East Coast. Plus I was at 18 years in, and was coming to the point where I had to think about retirement. So I volunteered for a Special Duty assignment working in the ICBM fissile fields. I just went over 20, and plan to retire in place and find a job locally or somewhere else in Wyoming.

ETA: Yes Firearms are a very important part of my life and if Wyoming went the ways of other unfriendly-to-gun-owners states, I would move in a heartbeat. And I am more or less a one issue voter.