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Posted by: Flaming Skullz
America
-All kinds of weapons may be sold
-Weapons don't have to be sold on government property
-Buyer doesn't need valid reason (Anyone can say "to protect myself")
-Shorter background check (I'm not sure about exact length)
-Citizens can own many firearms
The thing foreigners are often forgetting about the United States is that a lot of things are beyond federal regulation.
>> Fully-automatic weaponry is illegal for ownership, save for by a federal officer. This is the general rule, though I know exceptions to exist.
>> No, no they do not.
>> In the State of California (where I live, and which probably has some of the best gun control in the country, which isn't saying much) there is a two week delay between requesting and recieving a gun, so you can't just go out and shoot someone.
>> Would depend on state.
>> Yes, yes they can.
Now, most Americans usually say "Even if gun laws are changed, criminals can still buy it off the black market". That is very true, but Australia has a black market too, you know. Yet, we don't have mass shootings every 6 months. Also, guns are legal in America so they can apparently 'overthrow the government.' How exactly would that work? I doubt an angry mob can take on the US Army, even if they did have guns.
The United States is, just like your country, politically divided. I guarantee that if you ask ten different people, you'll get ten different opinions. Personally, I'm in favor of very, very strict gun control laws, but then again, I'm also not a very patriotic individual (to hell with nationalism), so maybe I'm in the minority.
I'll be honest, some of the things I've said here aren't exactly researched, and the top of my head isn't a great resource, so I might be wrong.
[Edited on 12.16.2012 11:15 AM PST]