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Scimmia, http://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-laws/iowa.aspx also says a permit is required to buy a pistol in Iowa. Did NRA-ILA get this wrong?

Free Existence just released the 2014 worldwide gun rights index (http://www.freeexistence.org/gunindex.html). Or for sortable rankings, there is the freedom meta-index (http://www.freeexistence.org/freedom.shtml). Some interesting results this year. Somalia finally had enough information...

On that note, if anyone has knowledge of (or can find a link to!) the gun laws in Cape Verde, Comoros, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Macao, San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, or Swaziland, I would be eternally grateful!

The 2011 Gun Rights Index is now available here: http://www.freeexistence.org/gunindex.html Please report any legal or arithmetic errors. To see a quick ranking of the countries, visit...

FYI, all US-state-specific data has been flagged for checking against the http://www.nraila.org/ state law summaries, as these seem to be the most authoritative on the subject. No need to post any further corrections to the existing US state data unless NRA-ILA also has it wrong on their site...

DocCas, Thank you for the clarification on pistol ownership and carrying. Re: there not being any registration, http://www.nraila.org/GunLaws/#?st=CA indicates that "It is unlawful to possess an 'assault weapon' or a .50 caliber BMG rife unless it is properly registered with the state."...

Thanks everallm! The new New Jersey listing is as follows: A gun-specific permit is required to buy a pistol. A firearms purchase identification card is required to buy rifles or shotguns. CCW permit required to carry, “may issue”. Some semi-automatic rifles and all automatic weapons are...

Actually, the US state law data was taken straight from http://wapedia.mobi (more specifically, http://wapedia.mobi/en/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_%28by_state%29?t=24.#31 in the case of New Jersey) and in some cases, http://opencarry.org. If one or both are low-quality sources, it only...

Zoogster, The following FAQ was written for the Drug Freedom Index, but addresses some of the same issues you bring up: http://www.freeexistence.org/drugindex.html In summary, scores only change a little based onlax or no enforcement, because the government can at any time begin enforcing...

Sorry, posted the wrong link. I've fixed the original post now.

Hi THR Members, The first draft of the Gun Freedom Index, which we believe is the first of its kind, is nearly complete. We're looking for feedback before it goes live: www.freeexistence.org/data/2009/2009_gunlaw_data.xls If you have recently lived in any of the countries listed, please give...

Translation done Everything you wanted to know about CZ vz. 45's, but were afraid to ask: http://www.speakeasy.org/~maly/vz45.html Enjoy!

My translation is nearly complete. Turns out they made vz 36's and vz 45's concurrently for awhile, so date is not a surefire differentiator. Nor is the presence of a safety; some vz36's have them, some don't, and ditto for the vz45's. One surefire differentiator is whether you can see a...

Smokepole, The vz. 36 was made until 1945, and the vz. 45 from 1946 - 1952, so if you can find a date (e.g., "47" on the trigger guard = 1947), that should settle it. Another difference is that all but the earliest vz 36's had a safety lever on the left hand side, whereas the vz 45 did not...

Legal action Don't count on speedy legal action. The courts on the Gulf Coast are in chaos, and will be for some time. Some of the courts are in hard-hit and/or evacuated areas, and cannot resume sessions in another municipality/county/state in the mean time due to their charter. And when...