As a Missouri resident i have purchased shotguns and rifles in illinois and Nebraska. In illinois i did have to return the next day due to their 24 hour waiting period. My local Missouri dealer sells long guns to illinois residents on a regular basis. They also have to wait 24 hours to pick up.
You may be right. What I posted earlier is what I’ve been told. I’ve never tried to obtain a permit of any kind here in NYC. Maybe New Yorkers just believe it’s impossible, so they never try. I’ve never known anyone (other than all my cop relatives) who had a gun in the house, at least not here.
Wait, Canadian trauma centers have very little experience with GSWs because guns are so hard to come by. Or did something change recently?
No it isn’t, it’s actually quite easy to get a pistol in Canada compared to places like NYC and Chicago, at least before the recent changes in Chicago gun laws. You just have to pass a few tests on gun safety and maintain an up to date gun license.
You’re thinking of Friends. In HIMYM, things are somewhat more realistic:
Main apartment: MUCH smaller than the Friends apartments. (Originally) Shared by Ted (architect) and Marshall (lawyer in a big firm), later by Ted (architect), Marshall (lawyer) and Lily (crappy kindergarten salary), later by Ted (college professor) and Robin (television anchor).
Barney’s apartment: Gigantic, but he apparently makes a shit-ton of money.
Robin’s old apartment: Hilariously tiny.
Marshall and Lily’s apartment: in a very strange neighborhood, an extremely crooked floor, and various odors.
You forget that in the early years of the HIMYM Marshal was a law school student at Columbia. He doesn’t pass the Bar until the 8th episode of the third season. Lily had a lot of credit card debt and Marshal had school loans to pay off.
I do agree that Friends was even worse in that regard.
Further, and I don’t have a cite, I believe that the restrictions on permits in NY (and NYC) are administrative in nature and that a violation of a restriction (such concealed carry in public when the license says “for premises and target shooting use ONLY”) is a simple administrative matter that will get your license revoked instead of criminal charges.
So, if you were carrying in public and pulled a Plaxico Burress and shot yourself in the leg, instead of 1 1/2 years in prison, all the police can do is revoke your authorization to own a gun and no charges would be filed for the illegal carry. (YMMV, IANAL, I should really check on that.)
Eh, it’s not unreasonable to assume Marshall’s loans were big enough to afford rent…I mean, student loans usually factor in cost of living, and most people know NYC is pricier than most places to live.
Plus, in seasons 1 and/or 2 he had a paid internship at Barney’s company…he was going to take the non-profit, unpaid internship, but Barney forced him to buy a fancy suit for a job interview so he had to take the (presumably well-paid) internship.
Probably just bought them in the parking lot of a gun show. Not that hard.
I’m guessing that they’d still hammer you for unlawful discharge of a firearm.
Gun yes, pistol no. From second-hand information:
You must be a member of a gun club / pistol range, pass the tests (for a firearms) and of course, if you have any domestic issues or prior convictions for violence or are recently in a divorce, odds are you will not be approved. You may only transport the weapon directly to or from the firing range, technically you can be charged if you stop for something at the store on the way. At home, it is a crime not to store the firearms properly locked in an approved gun cabinet, triger locks, etc. (IIRC ammunition stored away from the gun). Unlike the long gun registry, there is no dispute over the handgun registry’s legitimacy or appropriateness. You can be charged for having a loaded firearm in the vehicle in some provinces - load your rifle after you stop and get out to go hunting - so I assume a loaded pistol is significantly worse. Unlike the USA, the only non-police I recall seeing with weapons are the armoured car security guards.
You have to really really want to own a pistol, but it is possible.
Good summary. To add a little from my long-ago memory of belonging to a rifle/handgun club:
– You need to have been a member in good standing of the club for a period of (I believe) six months, attested to by a club range officer.
– The police must visit your home to inspect your storage facility. If it is not up to par (i.e. it is not a gun safe or similar), no permits will be issued. You will never be permitted to keep it in a dresser drawer, or on a bookshelf, or in a nightstand, etc.
– Assuming all is okay, you are issued a permit to “buy” a handgun. You visit the gun store, make your selection, and pay for it. But all you walk out with is a form with the make, model, and serial number.
– Your next stop is the police station, where they will take the form and issue (days or weeks later) a permit to pick it up from the store. You will also get a permit allowing you to take the handgun between home and range. No deviations from a reasonable route, no stops along the way, transport in a locked case with ammunition separate.
It is. It takes lots of time, money (permit fees), clean background checks, and so on; but it can be done.