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Frankly, if you can't past the test, I sure as hell don't want to be around you. There are people who go out there (mostly "security guards") who don't even know how to load the revolver, eject casings, or what a sight picture is.
Even if the rest is arguably easy, there still shouldn't be a test to begin with. Also, it's not so easy if someone had never fired a gun before.Frankly, if you can't past the test, I sure as hell don't want to be around you. There are people who go out there (mostly "security guards") who don't even know how to load the revolver, eject casings, or what a sight picture is.
The online guide is a way to “proactively engage legal gun owners as partners in public safety efforts,” the city said in a statement.
McDonough? Yup. But he's like Mary effin Poppins compared to Scobee back in the day....When I was still in Boston the only person worth talking to was the licensing officer, John McDonough iirc. He is the one and only person that decides the fate your license and he does NOT give out unrestricted easily. I think you're ok if you move to Boston and already have unrestricted, I don't think they downgrade you; otherwise, have fun jumping through hoops for years.
Isn't requiring a license to merely possess let alone carry a firearm an infringement of the 2nd?? How is this any different from a poll tax or poll test?? And for the record I don't necessarily oppose poll taxes/tests as they aren't restricted via the Constitution/BOR.
Isn't requiring a license to merely possess let alone carry a firearm an infringement of the 2nd?? How is this any different from a poll tax or poll test?? And for the record I don't necessarily oppose poll taxes/tests as they aren't restricted via the Constitution/BOR.
I think maybe a lot of gun owners (not myself, but others) might be intimidated when thinking of writing the mayor or chief in their town...When Boston sent out the letter to gun owners, I responded with a letter to the Mayor and Police Commissioner. Evens responded with a detailed letter that showed he'd read the letter and understood the points.
If everyone wrote him, he'd probably read them all. And we'd start being seen as an organized group, with political power.
They failed to mention that no one is deemed worthy enough of an Unrestricted LTC in Boston, and contrary to their statement, protection of property isn't a legal reason in MA.
Even if the rest is arguably easy, there still shouldn't be a test to begin with. Also, it's not so easy if someone had never fired a gun before.
Half of the cops I know can't out shoot my daughter, who turned 21 last week and we will be at Headquarters Monday ("Yay! "says her, and Daddy also) for her "appointment" to submit her "application for something that shouldn't even require one" according to Madison, Jefferson et al, but...In VERY pro-gun South Carolina, this is part of the training for your CCP....I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when I took it. BTW, you were only allowed to test on the gun you intended to carry, which meant you had to buy one first. The goal was to demonstrate proficiency and safety and reasonable accuracy, not sure if the state allowed you to qual on one gun, then carry another. Nobody wants you to 'carry' if you're just going to be a danger to others out there....
Frankly, if you can't past the test, I sure as hell don't want to be around you. There are people who go out there (mostly "security guards") who don't even know how to load the revolver, eject casings, or what a sight picture is.
My wife has arthritis and can't even grip a revolver well enough to fire it. She didn't even try when we lived in Boston.
I think maybe a lot of gun owners (not myself, but others) might be intimidated when thinking of writing the mayor or chief in their town...
Suggestion: maybe if you post your letter (maybe redaction the personal info, etc), or at minimum the talking points/letter structure/etc etc it might help those here who have "thought about" (yet never composed) a letter to the brass, etc.
If you listen to any local talk show, for example, every night they get someone who is a "long time listener, first time caller"...(host: "Where've you been all these years?" answer = "Too intimidated to call")
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My wife has arthritis and can't even grip a revolver well enough to fire it. She didn't even try when we lived in Boston.
In VERY pro-gun South Carolina, this is part of the training for your CCP....I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when I took it. BTW, you were only allowed to test on the gun you intended to carry, which meant you had to buy one first. The goal was to demonstrate proficiency and safety and reasonable accuracy, not sure if the state allowed you to qual on one gun, then carry another. Nobody wants you to 'carry' if you're just going to be a danger to others out there....
I wonder if a decent lawyer could make a case for forcing Boston to allow a semi-auto under the Americans with disabilities act (ADA):
"A person has a disability if he/she has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a record of such an impairment, or is regarded as having an impairment."
"Title I of the ADA requires an employer to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment, except when such accommodation would cause an undue hardship."
Using your own pistol rather than a revolver would seem like an easy accommodation.
IANAL, etc. The wording above is off the FedGov EEOC website, but I believe the ADA applies to gub'mints.
Or make for an significant damages award and some really bad press ...
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Just because another state doesn't respect people's rights, my state shouldn't either?In VERY pro-gun South Carolina, this is part of the training for your CCP....I didn't hear any complaints from anyone when I took it. BTW, you were only allowed to test on the gun you intended to carry, which meant you had to buy one first. The goal was to demonstrate proficiency and safety and reasonable accuracy, not sure if the state allowed you to qual on one gun, then carry another. Nobody wants you to 'carry' if you're just going to be a danger to others out there....
Just because another state doesn't respect people's rights, my state shouldn't either?
How, EXACTLY, is demonstrating proficiency with a firearm before being granted permission for CC a "disrespect" to your rights? I can't find the passage in the Constitution where it says we have a 'right' to be irresponsible and negligent and reckless.
There is an excellent write-up on this somewhere.The MA Supreme Judicial Court threw a tantrum in the 1970s when a hand gun banning ballot initiative didn't pass to their displeasure and declared the 2A dead letter in MA because the "militia" according to them is the National Guard. Unless the Feds do their job and enforce the constitution within the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth will continue to ignore the constitution as much as it thinks it can get away with.
How, EXACTLY, is demonstrating proficiency with a firearm before being granted permission for CC a "disrespect" to your rights? I can't find the passage in the Constitution where it says we have a 'right' to be irresponsible and negligent and reckless.
How, EXACTLY, is demonstrating proficiency with a firearm before being granted permission for CC a "disrespect" to your rights? I can't find the passage in the Constitution where it says we have a 'right' to be irresponsible and negligent and reckless.