2nd Amendment and Right to Bear Arms/Handgun carrying permit

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Expert: - 9/11/2009


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QUESTION: I want to know if I can get a license to carry and own a handgun. I have a misdeamor drug possesion conviction did my time and have no other criminal history. I live in Northampton County in Pa

ANSWER: Why would you even think to ask this here, Louis? This is a Second Amendment topic and you're asking a Criminal Justice question!

Now pay the fee and go consult with an attorney in your state.



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QUESTION: Well Damn,

   Excuse my indiscretion I didnt mean to offend your sensibilities.
  I felt my question though it does touch upon crimnal content, was in part also regarding my 2nd ammendment rights. By the way isnt there some other right to freedom of speech. Dont be so sensitive you remind me of my wife, damn.

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What you fail to grasp in all your sniveling, that as a convicted criminal, you make not have any Second Amendment rights.

As you were previously instructed, you will need to consult with an attorney in your state.

As for the First Amendment matter to which you allude, are you actually suggesting that your right to freedom of speech is more important than mine or that of your long-suffering wife's?

Now go and neither sin nor snivel any more.

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