Gun Laws And What You Should Know

By Janet Cook


It is illegal to carry around a stun gun in federal and state locations like courthouses and police stations; or any secure location where passing through a checkpoint is required. These must be surrendered to security and claimed afterwards when exiting the premises. But is that all? No, there is a lot we need to understand about the gun laws.

Boarding Planes - stun guns cannot be brought inside an airplane. If you are travelling with one it must be placed with your other checked-in baggage. It is also important that you declare it properly with the rest of the contents of your baggage.

You might say I am way out of line to make that statement, but in my own defense, I'd like to cite; history. I'd like to point out how socialist nations fail. At that point individual gun owners will need to protect their property and family from either the mass mobs, or the government coming after whatever they have left after the government runs out of other people's money to spend.

The debate on gun control includes many issues such as whether restrictions are permissible under the Constitution, and whether gun control laws actually help to control crime. State laws restricting firearms vary and are independent of federal firearms laws, which are surprisingly few compared to the estimated 300 major state firearm laws. In addition, it has been widely estimated that the number of local firearm could be as high as 20,000.

As for preppers, the majority of a prepper's activities don't even involve guns. That is because prepping is primarily about supplying yourself and your family with the items you need to survive a catastrophe for an extended period of time without expecting any help from the government.

Various organizations collect data from the FBI and U. S. Census Bureau to provide some insight into the correlation between firearms and violence in the U. S. Four studies provide the following statistics: In 2010, there were 14,748 murders reported by the FBI, and 9, 958 of those crimes involved a firearm.

Without this dominating the news, you would have to bring up these topics 'out of the blue' in order to do some "recon" and figure out who you could go to or count on during a crisis. So think of this current situation as a great intelligence-gathering opportunity.

In the five year period beginning in 1987, approximately 62,200 victims of violent crimes (1% of all violent crimes) used a gun to defend themselves. An additional 20,000 per year used a gun to protect property. These figures may also include persons who work as police officers and armed security guards.

Various state laws regulate what circumstances, if any, in which a person may carry a concealed weapon in public. Only two states, Illinois and Wisconsin, do not allow the carrying of concealed weapons. Two other states, Alaska and Vermont, do not require a permit to carry a concealed weapon, while the remaining states allow for concealed weapons, but only with a valid permit.




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