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There is not a state in the US that has lax gun control laws. It ranges from nanny state to fascist jackboots.

• NickC25 3y ago
  Used to live in AZ during my undergrad days. I could buy a gun in cash on the spot from a gun show with no background check. I know several people that did just that in the wake of a shooting happen a few minutes off our campus, where a Federal senator got shot in the face. Lots of people thought 44 was going to take the guns away so they purchased en-masse. Nothing happened. I currently live in Florida. Where I am, if you've got a clean background, it's very easy to buy a handgun or shotgun.
• nitwit005 3y ago
  So all the countries where normal people aren't allowed to own guns are somehow ultra fascist super nanny states in your mind? Perhaps you have a strange sense of what's normal.
• alistairSH 3y ago
  I can buy a gun from my neighbor without any paperwork or fees in most of the US. How does they qualify as “nanny state”?
  • briHass 3y ago
    'Most' is a stretch here. The majority of the populous states have restrictions on gun transfers, usually requiring a Federally licensed individual to facilitate the transfer with a Federal background check.
    • alistairSH 3y ago
      27 states require no background check. Several others (PA for example) split on type of fire-arm (long-guns = no check, handguns = check required, or similar). Several others put the onus of coordinating through an FFL on the seller, the buyer just has to show up (though that does end up requiring a background check). So, I'll stand by "most" (though it's admittedly fewer states than I thought - I would have guessed ~35 had no limits).
  • throwawa14223 3y ago
    You can buy a subset of guns without any paperwork or fees. You will still find the NFA firearms require a lot of money and hoops.