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Old 07-22-2012, 03:27 PM   #61 (permalink)
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If I was living in the USA now, how easy would it be for me to buy a gun? Do I just walk into a hardware store and provide them with some documentation and then I get registered etc and then they sell me the gun? Also is it the same in every state?
In California, you can't buy a gun with a felony in your records. There's also a certain wait period I think. It definitely varies from state to state. In Texas you can get one with your whiskey at the gas station with no background checks. Or so I've heard.
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