On 10/4/2015 10:24 AM, John H. wrote:
On Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:56:53 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 10/4/2015 9:03 AM, True North wrote:
Luddite says.

".OMG. Tell you what Bill. Don't worry about it. In your state you are
*not* required to be licensed to purchase or own a gun."


All this tells me that nothing will improve down there until the Federal Gov't makes and enforces all gun regulations. Too many cowboy states doing too little.



The foundation of our form of government emphasizes state rights, not
the federal government and for the most part it works well. Times
change though and sometimes a unified approach to laws is necessary or
at least desirable. I think health care is one and gun laws is another.
Back in the 1800's nobody was concerned about traveling from state to
state packing a gun. Now-a-days, due to the myriad state laws that
govern guns and spotty reciprocal agreements what is legal to do in your
state may toss you in jail in the next state. It's impossible for me to
legally travel from MA to South Carolina or Florida with a gun in my
car. Federal law says I can but several state laws between here and
there say I can't.

This is one of the situations where I think a federal law should apply
to unify the state laws.


Maybe a solution would be to mandate the enforcement of federal law at the state
level.

Ah, so maybe you are open to a unified federal law that governs all
states. We'll make a liberal out of you yet! :-)