Bouler added these comments in the current discussion du jour ...

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I never can get a licence, only when I am a member of a
"shootingclub". But I'm not so fond of guns.

In Michigan prior to maybe 8 years ago, a private citizen had to
show a legitimate need for firearm protection because of their line
of work. For example, a free lance PI (Private Investigator),
someone who works for a company that may be attacked and needs a
privately owned weapon, or similar things. They just didn't let any
yahoo carry a Dirty Harry around. But, Republican Gov. John Engler
who was a big believer in the presumed 2nd Amendment's right to
"keep and bear arms" took advantage of a friendly legislature to
push through a general leniency of the permit to buy a handgun and
a FAR more lenient law, the one I already talked about, for getting
a CCW. I make no comment on what he did, but suffice to say that we
are now in the same position as traditional gun states such as the
Far West and Old South.

So, do I interpret your brief comment to basically mean that The
Netherlands has a much stricter law to obtain a CCW license, maybe
like Michigan used to have?

Yes thats what I meant.

OK, thanks.

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HP, aka Jerry

"If it waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck"