"Gunner" wrote in message
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On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 19:02:06 GMT, "Ed Huntress"
wrote:

"Ford," if there is a Ford, was full of **** from the first words of that
quote. There aren't 25 states that allow "anyone" to buy a gun and "strap
it
on." There is exactly one state that does: Vermont. And if "strap it on"
doesn't mean to carry openly, then where do you strap it? Onto your dick?

Alabama(1);

Alaska(2);

snip

Sorry, Gunner. Every one of those states, except for Vermont, has a list of
"Prohibited Persons" who are not allowed to buy a handgun -- or a gun of any
kind, in many states. The list ranges from felons, to people who have a
restraining order on them, to adults who were convicted of possessing pot as
a kid, to people who are addicted to painkillers (Ohio), depending on the
state.

You can get the whole list compiled in one place from the DoJ's "Survey of
State Procedures to Firearm Sales," which is compiled for several recent
years. If you can't find it, I'll send you a PDF file of it.

(Vermont, FWIW, doesn't allow sales to buyers under 16, but it otherwise
defaults to the federal NICS background check.)

Ed Huntress