Looking forward to taking her to the range her for a test drive.
Unrelated note, spent a few minutes at the show talking with a local PD officer (and fellow gun nut) about our favorite weapons. SO much for the dreaded "gun show loophole"...
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Posted on 01/24/2012 6:49:00 AM PST by Timber Rattler
After days of calls, emails, tweets, comments and posts, I finally bought the exact gun I wanted, the two-tone version of the Sig Sauer P229 9mm. I’m so excited to shoot my new purchase, but in the nation’s capital, it's not that simple. Buying a gun doesn’t mean you get to have the gun.
Washington, D.C. has a list of firearms that are eligible to be registered. The make, model and even the color (two-tone) of the gun I wanted was on the list, but I had a bear of a time finding one with a D.C.-legal 10-round magazine. The standard version has a 13-round capacity.
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And, that is the “but” in this story. Although I have paid and ordered the gun, I can’t take possession of it until it is transferred to Mr. Sykes, and I get an approved registration certificate.
In order to get this certificate, I still have to do the following: take a written test on the city’s firearm laws; get Mr. Sykes to fill out the application form; have the eligibility form notarized; get two passport photos and prove that my eyesight is better or equal to the driver’s license requirement (20/70 in best eye and field of vision of at least 140 degrees).
Next, I have to take all the forms to the registry office; pay $60 in fees; wait five days for the application to be approved; wait an additional five days for Mr. Sykes to be able to release my gun; and take the gun to the police for a ballistics test.
Finally, if I pass all of these steps, I should be able to take possession of the gun that I already bought.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
And this is why I love living in Alabama.
Walk in the store, buy the gun, instant check, leave with the gun.
Fill out the CCW form, turn it in with my $20 walk out with my card.
Ever cornered a raccoon? Or a badger? They know what to do.
The people involved with subverting the US Supreme Court’s decision in the matter of handguns for DC residents and implementing punitive draconian additive requirements should ALL be summarily indicted and imprisoned in ASS BANGING JAIL for a period not to exceed the time it takes to go from a “tweet fart” to a “flatulant hippo expulsion”.....So say we all....
Happens more and more these days.
1st, I had to go to a gun shop and purchase a gun that I was not even allowed to touch. All I got was a purchase receipt to attach to my permit application.
2nd, Fill out an application, plus have 4 character questionnaires filled out by people that have known me at least 4 years, and live in the same county. These had to be notarized, and asked some pretty intrusive questions of my references, such as THEIR social security number, address and phone where THEY work...
3rd, wait about 5 weeks for an appointment to hand in the application, and be finger printed.
4th, Wait 6 months and 9 days for my application to be approved.
5th, Get my permit and voucher and return to the gun shop to finally get the gun that I bought 8 months ago.
Even now, it takes about a month to add a gun to my permit.
Unbelievable! I like the comment one of the posters made at the source link: What if citizens had to go through as much red tape to exercise their 1st Amendment rights as they do their 2nd?
I'm not sure; however, I suspect that won't be pretty. I keep hoping that the ballot box will prevail ... eventually. I think the base problem is that Americans aren't who they used to be. The government indoctrination centers called "schools" have changed the topography of politics in terrible ways.
Unbelievable is right... And NYC has it even worse. At least I can carry mine (just not in the city).
Unfortunately, history shows that no one does anything meaningful to right these wrongs until it is FAR too late.
That's what my brother has! I like that gun a lot. We traded off at the cinder pit one day and each shot the other's gun; he liked my 1911! We left it at that and didn't trade; but for accuracy and reliability, that Ruger of yours is a dandy!
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At what point will the Supreme Court step in again with the obvious ruling that this woman’s God-given and constitutionally-protected right to keep and bear arms has been infringed?
ROLL TIDE
I was about to make the exact same comment when I read yours. Great minds and all that...
Wow,
In contrast, in Texas for the same gun- Go to a gun show, browse around for a while. Find what you want. Fill out a little paperwork and the dealer calls in for a quick background check. Give the dealer some money. Walk out with your gun.
Frankly, I have issues using reloads with pretty much everything but a Walther, CZ, or Springfield. I think tolerances are getting so tight these days, if something is even slightly off, there could be a jam.
Looking forward to taking her to the range her for a test drive.
Unrelated note, spent a few minutes at the show talking with a local PD officer (and fellow gun nut) about our favorite weapons. SO much for the dreaded "gun show loophole"...
:-)
I carry the XD 9mm 3" subcompact with a 10 round mag and two 10 round back-up mags. If I can't put down an assailant with 31 rounds, then I don't need a 5 lb. club; rather, I need more time at the range.
No problem...everybody has their favorite(s)
I just like the 1911, fits my hand better. Also, I am currently located in a more suburban than rural environment, so for home D, I want my rounds to be higher mass but slower muzzle velocity. Just consideration for my neighbors... :)
I’ve got an XD-9 with the 4” police service barrel, 16-round magazines and fitted with a Crimson Trace laser sight. Best 9mm I’ve ever owned - it feeds JHP’s flawlessly; it’s also well-balanced for a composite frame pistol and is easy to maintain. I find the trigger safety to be superfluous, but you get used to it. Still love my 1911’s though.
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