This is only tangential to the question, but I believe that Eamon Collins' autobiography Killing Rage, mentions that he and his wife had discussed applying for a firearms permit. Eamon Collins was "The IRA Supergrass." He assisted the British but retracted his testimony and with assurances of IRA amnesty lived in the Republic of Ireland. He was later found beaten to death.
I don't have my copy of his autobiography to hand, but it includes a discussion of the process of getting a firearms permit. As I recall, he had not applied, but I might be misremembering that detail. Billie ---- Greg Jacobs <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can only give you anecdotal experience. When I lived in NYC I had > enough issues with their long gun licensing procedure; I never got > around to handguns (but someone gave me two and I hid them in a bank > vault for years). A couple of years ago my son-in-law allowed his home > permit to expire. He had to turn his SIG 9mm in to the police. He > never thought he would see it again. Admittedly, some of the problem > was his own failure to exercise due diligence but the hoops he went > through were amazing and formidable. I think it took two years until he > got the permit reissued and, believe it or not, the police had his gun > waiting for him! > > But here is another fact of interest - every trip I make to Manhattan to > visit family usually gives me time to meander around the Beretta shop on > Madison Avenue. They will not even show you a handgun unless you can > show them a valid permit of one permutation or another. > > Here is another interesting fact - my twin brother lives in north > central New Jersey. He did finally get a permit that allows him to buy > a handgun in New Jersey - only he cannot find a gun shop anywhere near > his home to make the purchase! The permit expires after 90 days so he > keeps having to renew it until he gets around to finding a place to buy > a gun - the stores he found sell rifles only, not handguns, and they > won't even let me have my local FFL send one up there for him and all > they have to do is the transfer paperwork and charge a fee! > > ***GRJ*** > > ============================================================================ > > [email protected] wrote: > > Send Firearmsregprof mailing list submissions to > > [email protected] > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > [email protected] > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > [email protected] > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of Firearmsregprof digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. In which U.S. jurisdictions is it hard to legally own a > > handgun? (Volokh, Eugene) > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 08:17:03 -0700 > > From: "Volokh, Eugene" <[email protected]> > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: In which U.S. jurisdictions is it hard to legally own a > > handgun? > > Message-ID: > > <e7aaec684f9e3641b8cfc2b9a0bd965a01223d198...@uclawe2k7.lawnet.lcl> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Folks: I'm looking for an authoritative list of U.S. jurisdictions in > > which legally owning a handgun (not getting a license to carry, but being > > able to legally own a handgun in one's home) is quite difficult - for > > instance, because there's a discretionary licensing scheme, a long (more > > than a month) waiting period, a huge amount of hassle, or very high fees > > (say, above $100). By way of comparison, I know California is a relatively > > high-regulation jurisdiction, but when I bought my handgun in the late > > 1990s, I basically had to wait 21 days (I think), pay a relatively modest > > fee (I forget what it was), and take a simple written test. I'm looking > > for jurisdictions that impose considerably greater constraints than this. > > > > I'm giving a talk on guns in America, and I wanted to draw a handgun > > ownership laws map of the U.S. comparable to the right-to-carry laws maps > > that we've all seen. I don't want to score any political points; I just > > wanted to accurately and simply portray where handgun home ownership is > > quite difficult and where it's not that difficult. 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