A drivers license and your social security number is all you need. And you only need the latter if you want to expedite the NICS check because you could have a common name that might flag multiple records. I’ve bought plenty with just an ID. And not even a Real ID.
It’s laughably easy to buy a gun. And I say that as someone that owns several. Hell the biggest pain in the ass where I am is the 3 day waiting period.
Very state-dependent. Some require training certifications, some require state *BI as well as FBI background checks. Several require it takes place at an FFL, some have waiting periods. Some require fingerprints.
Agree though, still not anywhere as difficult as the SAVE act is trying to be for a basic Constitutional right.
Yes and no. Those states are few and far between for most firearms. Some are just handguns. Virtually none have those restrictions for rifles.
I’m in Colorado which is on the upper end of being strict and it’s still laughably easy. You do have to do a transfer with an FFL for private transfers but an FFL is stupid easy to get. The only real requirement is you do x number of sales or transfers per year to keep it. The FFL I go to for transfers only has his so he can build full auto, and does transfers and AR lowers for cheap so he can keep the FFL to build his own rifles lol.
Fuck trump and all, but this already is pretty much the rules for buying a gun.
No the fuck it isn’t lmao.
A drivers license and your social security number is all you need. And you only need the latter if you want to expedite the NICS check because you could have a common name that might flag multiple records. I’ve bought plenty with just an ID. And not even a Real ID.
It’s laughably easy to buy a gun. And I say that as someone that owns several. Hell the biggest pain in the ass where I am is the 3 day waiting period.
Very state-dependent. Some require training certifications, some require state *BI as well as FBI background checks. Several require it takes place at an FFL, some have waiting periods. Some require fingerprints.
Agree though, still not anywhere as difficult as the SAVE act is trying to be for a basic Constitutional right.
Yes and no. Those states are few and far between for most firearms. Some are just handguns. Virtually none have those restrictions for rifles.
I’m in Colorado which is on the upper end of being strict and it’s still laughably easy. You do have to do a transfer with an FFL for private transfers but an FFL is stupid easy to get. The only real requirement is you do x number of sales or transfers per year to keep it. The FFL I go to for transfers only has his so he can build full auto, and does transfers and AR lowers for cheap so he can keep the FFL to build his own rifles lol.
Here we also have a 3 day waiting period, but that refers to the time you have to think if you really want an abortion.
In some states you can go to a gun show and buy with no paperwork, no id, no background check.
Whats stopping criminals from just flying into the US and buy guns there?
I think they could, but it’s a lot of money and effort. Also buying more than one or two might get you stopped at customs on the return flight.
It varies a lot by state. Most states it’s easier than this, some it’s harder.