Tommaso - depending on where you live, most of the weapons you inherited don't require permits. Some places, e.g., D.C., don't allow private ownership of handguns without a permit, due to local law. Some weapons, e.g., machine guns, bazookas, cannons, cannot be owned by private citizens without a permit, due to federal law.
Registration of handguns is historically a first step towards confiscation, but I like to think that in the USA, that's not much of a problem. Personally, I don't have a problem with prohibiting convicted felons from owning handguns, nor with prohibiting people who are subject to protective orders from buying them. I concede that a man who threatens to kill his estranged wife won't necessarily act on his threats, but I prefer to take them seriously. |
