by vision-master » Thu 09 Apr 2009, 14:12:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('vtsnowedin', 'T')he likely model will be the Massachusetts gun law. Have to have a gun owners card on you with the gun or go to jail for a mandatory one year. And ever rising renewal fees every year and as soon as you let it lapse one day you have to start all over again. Lots of people have given up and sold or given their guns away or at least that's what they tell the cops.
That will go over real good in this State. So much for hunting revenue.
This ain't gonna happen in some States. No way Ray!
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'L')aw-abiding gun owners bear the burden
Anyone who owns a gun, or wants to own a gun (rifle or handgun), in Massachusetts must apply for a Firearms Identification Card. Even if he never leaves his own property with his gun he still must have a FID card. All persons applying for a Firearms Identification Card will have to be fingerprinted and photographed by the police. The cards were once valid for life and cost two dollars. Now a gun owner must get his card renewed every three to four years at a cost of twenty-five dollars.
These new fees, according to the Gun Owners Action League, will cost gun owners an additional seven million dollars a year. Persons over 70 and persons who want only self-defense sprays need not pay the fee, although they still must apply for the card.
Failure to get a card can result in a fine of between $500 and $5,000. If a gun owner fails to renew his card his gun(s) can be confiscated. Once the gun owner applies for a renewal and is approved, his property will be returned to him.
Even within a private residence, the law requires gun owners to store their weapons in a locked container or attach a safety device. Depending on the type of gun, the penalty for failure to store a weapon in a legal fashion can be a prison term of one to ten years and a fine of five hundred to ten thousand dollars.