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I wanted to know if you are allowed to purchase a gun, in California if you do not have a criminal background?
Given the Draconian firearms regulations in California… with new ones added on virtually a weekly basis… I'm tempted to respond that NO ONE in California can "purchase a gun."
Remember, the voters there have elected the likes of Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Zoe Lofgren, Henry Waxman, Gray Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Roberti, Mike Roos, Tom Lantos, ad nauseam, and not one of them ever heard about a gun that needed to be denied their constituents.
So, if you want a firearm and you live in California and have no criminal record, HURRY!, before they really do pass another law intended to keep you from getting a gun.
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Dean Speir
Expertise
I can answer questions about Handguns, Rifles, Ammunition, the Firearms Industry, the "gunzine game," practical accessories for self-defense (CCW) handguns; rumor control on firearms myths, errata on the "gunshop grapevine."
I am NOT an Attorney, and nothing I provide here should be relied upon as legal advice. Therefore, please do NOT make inquiries about Criminal Justice issues... this is the Second Amendment topic.
Nor do I do "Private Consultations." Want to made it "private," retain an attorney.
Experience
25 years practical and competitive hangunning; 26 years in the firearms industry; 15 years writing for the gunzines, including 4˝ years as Industry Editor for The New Gun Week; maintainer of www.thegunzone.com.
Organizations
Life Member, NRA
Publications
Guns Magazine, Combat Handguns, Petersen's Handguns, American Handgunner, The New Gun Week, Gun & Shooter, American Handgunner, Shooting Industry, American Firearms Industry, Machine Gun News, Practical Shooting International, Law Enforcement Techology, Police Product News, The American Guardian, The Shotgun News, Visier (Germany) and various DBI Books.
Education/Credentials
BA in English
Graduate Lethal Force Institute
Graduate Gunsite
Graduate Defensive Training Institute
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