warm beer

[Richard Beels]

Almost all states allow concealed carry - with a license.  I think the
number is 37 where the license is "shall issue" which means that if you
apply, you must be issued the license unless you're an ex-felon, mentally
incompetant, on parole, etc... For the rest, you need to have connections
to local law enforcement or politicians (so much for due process,
eh?).  Vermont allows anyone to carry, no license needed.   Some states
allow open carry without a license but require a license for concealed,
some for either.  www.packing.org or http://www.nraila.org/library.asp for
all the gory details.

Transporting a firearm is another fun subject but generally, if possession
if lawful in the origination and destination and it's unloaded, locked and
not easily accessible to the occupants, then transportation is fine.  NJ &
MA have exceptions to this but the Federal statue is fairly clear (for
Federal statues :-).  Same websites have good info on this as well...



At 20:22 02/12/2002,  Brett Dikeman was inspired to say:

>>   The fun bit was that I didn't realise you could carry lethal
>>weapons but not harmless beer on public streets
>
>You can't, at least in most states(Texas being one notable exception)
>carry a firearm, -especially- a concealed one(although I believe even
>in Texas, you must have a permit of some sort to carry a concealed
>weapon, I could be wrong.)  In MA, mere possession(on the streets, in
>your home, your car,...anywhere) of an unregistered firearm is highly
>illegal, as the signs alongside major roads entering the state often
>remind visitors.  I believe transporting an unregistered firearm
>across state lines is a federal crime as well, could be wrong.
>
>As for the laws regarding alcohol etc, many of them date back to city
>code established by the Puritans and Pilgrims, whom, I might remind
>you, were British.  There are also a fair number of laws which were
>British and simply carried over after the revolution.
>
>Plus, I would have to ask, if you decided to open a can of beer on a
>street corner in London:
>a)how many police video cameras would spot you and
>b)how long would it take before a polite constable asked you to go indoors?
>
>I personally enjoy being able to walk down a street and not be filmed
>by anything(save private security cameras, ATMs, that sort of thing.)
>
>Brett
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Cheers!