Which State has the best gun laws?

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Oregon is pretty decent.

Easy to get a concealed carry permit, allowed to carry concealed on college campuses, no waiting period on firearm purchases.
 
WA has some disadvantages, no class 3, no auto opening knives...

But if someone is injured while committing a felony (ie; shot while attempting a home invasion) they can't sue in civil court. Also, I've read (here) that people acquitted on charges due to legitimate self defense claims get reimbursed by the state for their court costs. Maybe an evergreen state lawyer can chime in on that one.
 
Utah was the first state to ever get an "F" grade from the Bradys. The only reason Arizona passed us up last year was that they passed constitutional carry, and our governor said he would veto it if he crossed his desk. (We are working on getting rid of him.) Let's see how many I can remember:

Carry in schools, K-12 and university.
Carry in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol
State has pre-emption. (Businesses and towns can't ban carry.)
No permit required for carry in car.
No permit required to conceal in home, even if the home is a cardboard box.
Standard to carry while intoxicated is the same as while driving.
Carry in churches is fine, unless your church lists itself as off-limits. (Only one has.)
Employers cannot ban possession of a gun in vehicles in their parking lot.
No state laws against full-auto, suppressors, or other NFA items.
Castle-doctrine.
Protection from civil liability if no-billed criminally.
State laws protecting against seizure in time of crisis.
No state laws about magazine capacity.
No registration requirements.
Law challenging commerce clause illegally banning full-auto within state borders -in court.
No duty to report to officers if you are carrying. (Although I still recommend it.)
Recognizes permits from all other states.
NON-resident permits recognized in 32 states.
Not necessary to travel to Utah to get a non-res permit.
Open-carry is legal anywhere concealed carry is legal for permit holders.

Vermont? REALLY?! VERMONT? What do they have going for them besides the fact that their legislature forgot to ban concealed carry in the first place?

Texas is hardly a gun haven, despite its image. No open carry, and any business can ban carry with a 30-06 sign.
 
Texas would probably fully support the 2nd Amendment if it wasn't for all the Damn Yankees (i.e. Yankees that come down here and *stay*) that we have that have brought their liberal ways down here and ruined our way of life. For example, who in their right mind would put a *hockey* team in Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio???

If you look at the history of the anti-2nd-Amendment (unconstitutional) laws that have been enacted, you will see that the NRA was behind it. I always thought that they were just a bunch of liberals.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/8608/3/

In the 1920s and ’30s, the NRA was at the forefront of legislative efforts to enact gun control. The organization’s president at the time was Karl T. Frederick, a Princeton- and Harvard-educated lawyer known as “the best shot in America”—a title he earned by winning three gold medals in pistol-shooting at the 1920 Summer Olympic Games. As a special consultant to the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, Frederick helped draft the Uniform Firearms Act, a model of state-level gun-control legislation. (Since the turn of the century, lawyers and public officials had increasingly sought to standardize the patchwork of state laws. The new measure imposed more order—and, in most cases, far more restrictions.)

Frederick’s model law had three basic elements. The first required that no one carry a concealed handgun in public without a permit from the local police. A permit would be granted only to a “suitable” person with a “proper reason for carrying” a firearm. Second, the law required gun dealers to report to law enforcement every sale of a handgun, in essence creating a registry of small arms. Finally, the law imposed a two-day waiting period on handgun sales.
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mljdeckard said:
Utah was the first state to ever get an "F" grade from the Bradys. The only reason Arizona passed us up last year was that they passed constitutional carry, and our governor said he would veto it if he crossed his desk. (We are working on getting rid of him.) Let's see how many I can remember:

Carry in schools, K-12 and university.
Carry in bars and restaurants that serve alcohol
State has pre-emption. (Businesses and towns can't ban carry.)
No permit required for carry in car.
No permit required to conceal in home, even if the home is a cardboard box.
Standard to carry while intoxicated is the same as while driving.
Carry in churches is fine, unless your church lists itself as off-limits. (Only one has.)
Employers cannot ban possession of a gun in vehicles in their parking lot.
No state laws against full-auto, suppressors, or other NFA items.
Castle-doctrine.
Protection from civil liability if no-billed criminally.
State laws protecting against seizure in time of crisis.
No state laws about magazine capacity.
No registration requirements.
Law challenging commerce clause illegally banning full-auto within state borders -in court.
No duty to report to officers if you are carrying. (Although I still recommend it.)
Recognizes permits from all other states.
NON-resident permits recognized in 32 states.
Not necessary to travel to Utah to get a non-res permit.
Open-carry is legal anywhere concealed carry is legal for permit holders.

Vermont? REALLY?! VERMONT? What do they have going for them besides the fact that their legislature forgot to ban concealed carry in the first place?

Texas is hardly a gun haven, despite its image. No open carry, and any business can ban carry with a 30-06 sign.
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Vermont:
No permit to carry open or concealed. You're good to go either way.

Of course there are plenty of other perfectly good reasons not to live there, but gun laws aren't any of them.
 
What is also nice about KY is you can carry a loaded gun in a factory installed compartment in your car, meaning glove box, center console, etc. without a CCDW.
 
I was disappointed to see that Wyoming had accumulated 8 points.
Some for things I've never heard of.
But then looking at that Brady site was an eyeopener.
I wonder what they would consider "unreasonable" ? :what:
 
ive never had need to complain about Alabamas
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I browsed the laws there and their laws on car carry without CCW is pretty tight(no loaded guns).

No short barreled rifles or shotguns.


Seems kinda bogus.
 
For me, a state must have unlicensed concealed or open carry to be considered "gun friendly" vs "gun tolerant".

That makes it a very short list.

"Shall issue" for several hundred dollars isn't friendly.
 
FIVETWOSEVEN said:
Are you allowed to have a loaded long gun in a vehicle in Arizona?
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Yes. You can have any lawfully owned firearm anywhere you want, loaded or unloaded, concealed or open, whether you have a CCW permit or not.

Exceptions are the norm. Post offices and other federal buildings, college campuses, etc.

To be honest, I'm not sure if there's actually a law prohibiting guns on school grounds here in AZ, or if its just the schools' policies. Having said that, there isn't a single school in AZ that allows civilians to carry firearms on campus, unless I'm seriously mistaken. But I've spent quite a bit of time searching, along with a criminal justice professor. Neither of us could find any such law.
 
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Colorado is inching, ever-so-slowly, in the wrong direction. "Minor", "insignificant" restrictions and anti-gun legislation has been passed almost every session for the past several years. Little by little, bit by bit.
 
The only reason we have any points in Idaho is that the law allows colleges to ban students from having guns on campus. It's not a crime to have them there, but you'll get expelled if you're a student.

I love it here, especially compared to Illinois and Karlifornia...
 
Texas would probably fully support the 2nd Amendment if it wasn't for all the Damn Yankees (i.e. Yankees that come down here and *stay*) that we have that have brought their liberal ways down here and ruined our way of life. For example, who in their right mind would put a *hockey* team in Houston, Dallas, or San Antonio???
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Just an FYI, not everyone from "Up North" or Yankees (as you suggested) are hippie loving liberals. Kinda stereotypical...:scrutiny:

I mean who really cares if they want to create a hockey team in Texas...all that matters is that you can still carry, while watching a hockey game.;)

In my opinion, the "Country" of California has the worst gun laws....
 
Arizona:
Supressors are legal
No CCP necessary
Open carry without a permit
No bans or resrtictions on mags. or firearms
Enhanced castle doctrin
Can CC or open carry any where not banned by feds, including a bank
No waiting period
private sales don't require an FFL
With a CWP you can carry any of your handguns, not just the permited one issued for
Employer's are legal to allow employee's to carry
Employer's are forced to allow guns on the property
Business owner's, private or public owned are forced to allow guns on property

I'm sure I missed some other aspects of our no hassle carry laws. I love just holstering up and wearing without having to consider any legal issues.

I lived in New Mexico for a while, but they have public display laws that are confusing, as meant to be.
 
I mean who really cares if they want to create a hockey team in Texas...all that matters is that you can still carry, while watching a hockey game.
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Actually you can't. No carrying at pro sporting events. Texas isn't really gun friendly just "gun tolerant".
 
I misunderstood, I thought it was like pee wee football that someone wanted. I didn't realize it was "pro."

The only sport I'm "into" is football, and I don't think I'd go to a game unless someone bought me a ticket. I can think of other things to spend my money on...new/used guns, ammo, ect.
 
Ahh, pee wee you "might" be able to carry, depending on where the game is. Anyway, I just want to erase the misconception that Texas is somehow gun friendly :)
 
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