So gun laws are state-by-state. They also vary by the type of gun.
In my state, a southern reddish state, it's state law that you must get a pistol permit to by a handgun. The county sheriff's office is responsible for issuing pistol permits. In some counties it's done almost instantly. In some blue counties, they will sit on your pistol permit as long as possible. One county stopped issuing pistol permits during covid, saying they didn't have the staff, and they got slapped down by courts.
When I applied for a pistol permit a few years back, I received my permit the day AFTER the legal maximum period the sheriff is allowed to take to review my file. My background check is clean, no criminal record, no debt, no nothing.
So, it's not a waiting period, technically, but you legally have to have one of these permits in order to purchase a handgun, or even to receive one as a gift from a family member.
Fun fact--for many southern states that have pistol permit laws, the origins go back to Jim Crow and segregation. Make blacks apply to the local sheriff for a pistol permit, then turn them down, because, reasons. Authoritarians are going authoritarian, left or right.
So gun laws are state-by-state. They also vary by the type of gun.
In my state, a southern reddish state, it's state law that you must get a pistol permit to by a handgun. The county sheriff's office is responsible for issuing pistol permits. In some counties it's done almost instantly. In some blue counties, they will sit on your pistol permit as long as possible. One county stopped issuing pistol permits during covid, saying they didn't have the staff, and they got slapped down by courts.
When I applied for a pistol permit a few years back, I received my permit the day AFTER the legal maximum period the sheriff is allowed to take to review my file. My background check is clean, no criminal record, no debt, no nothing.
So, it's not a waiting period, technically, but you legally have to have one of these permits in order to purchase a handgun, or even to receive one as a gift from a family member.
Fun fact--for many southern states that have pistol permit laws, the origins go back to Jim Crow and segregation. Make blacks apply to the local sheriff for a pistol permit, then turn them down, because, reasons. Authoritarians are going authoritarian, left or right.
If your state has a 2A organization see about getting a writ of mandamus filed any/the next time they do that.
So... It was the left then, and it was the left now? Not sure how that tracks with your "left or right" statement follow-up.
that's not a right authoritarian thing.