Comments on: Sharp Rise in Morris County Gun Permits http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/ The right of the citizens to bear arms in defense of themselves and the State ... Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Argent http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/#comment-53173 Ian Argent Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:01:23 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=14331#comment-53173 I can find the NJ gun laws pretty quickly on NJ's legislature's website now; myself. Ignorance being no excuse, I felt I had to become at least moderately educated I can find the NJ gun laws pretty quickly on NJ’s legislature’s website now; myself. Ignorance being no excuse, I felt I had to become at least moderately educated

]]> By: Bitter http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/#comment-53172 Bitter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:36:47 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=14331#comment-53172 It's not any different than being a gun owner in NJ, CA, NY or any other extremely anti-gun area. You have to know the law, and the MA laws are all together in one section, so it's to be expected. If you're looking for the history of various licensing structures in MA, you're going to have to go back a very long time. IIRC (and it's been years, so I might be off by a few years on dates), but you'll have to look at FID laws going back to around '68 and LTC laws going back to around 1907. It’s not any different than being a gun owner in NJ, CA, NY or any other extremely anti-gun area. You have to know the law, and the MA laws are all together in one section, so it’s to be expected.

If you’re looking for the history of various licensing structures in MA, you’re going to have to go back a very long time. IIRC (and it’s been years, so I might be off by a few years on dates), but you’ll have to look at FID laws going back to around ’68 and LTC laws going back to around 1907.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/#comment-53164 Jeff Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:07:56 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=14331#comment-53164 I stand corrected. I was unaware of C140S129B (12). I'm trying to track down if a pre-98 FID covered guns that aren't covered under a current FID. Was the concept of 'large capacity' a 1998 addition, or did it exist before that? (I first moved to MA in 2000 and only became a gun owner in 2007.) Aside: the fact that I found legal analysis an entirely normal response and that I knew right where to go looking for the relevant law says a lot about what it's like to be a gun owner in MA. I stand corrected. I was unaware of C140S129B (12).

I’m trying to track down if a pre-98 FID covered guns that aren’t covered under a current FID. Was the concept of ‘large capacity’ a 1998 addition, or did it exist before that? (I first moved to MA in 2000 and only became a gun owner in 2007.)

Aside: the fact that I found legal analysis an entirely normal response and that I knew right where to go looking for the relevant law says a lot about what it’s like to be a gun owner in MA.

]]> By: Bitter http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/#comment-53158 Bitter Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:33:53 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=14331#comment-53158 They aren't felons. Possession on an expired FID isn't a felony. In fact, you can go get one even if you've been found guilty of possession on an expired one. They aren’t felons. Possession on an expired FID isn’t a felony. In fact, you can go get one even if you’ve been found guilty of possession on an expired one.

]]> By: Jeff http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/#comment-53156 Jeff Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:24:37 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=14331#comment-53156 Massachusetts FID cards used to be for life too. When the laws changed in 1998, hundreds of thousands of instant felons were created. I still encounter one from time to time now, over a decade later. Massachusetts FID cards used to be for life too. When the laws changed in 1998, hundreds of thousands of instant felons were created. I still encounter one from time to time now, over a decade later.

]]> By: Ian Argent http://www.pagunblog.com/2009/11/17/sharp-rise-in-morris-county-gun-permits/#comment-53098 Ian Argent Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:21:14 +0000 http://www.snowflakesinhell.com/?p=14331#comment-53098 My wife just went to pick her (address-changed) card; and noted that there were about a dozen names on the sign-out log other than hers and mine. (I go get mine later this week - since the cards are fingerprinted, she couldn't pick up mine) My wife just went to pick her (address-changed) card; and noted that there were about a dozen names on the sign-out log other than hers and mine.

(I go get mine later this week – since the cards are fingerprinted, she couldn’t pick up mine)

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