tomdarch wrote:... So, aside from the question of what the Second Amendment actually, originally meant, there's the question of what limits, if any, are acceptable on who can "keep and bear arms" and what "arms" may be kept and borne. Mentally ill people are part of "the people", as are convicted felons...
Are age limitations on gun ownership allowed under the probable new reading of the Second Amendment? Are "common sense" laws like requirements for trigger locks allowed? What about limitations on "cop killer" equipment?
To answer your question I am quoting directly from KRS 237.110 (that's a Ky Legal Statute source in case you don't know)
The applicant for a carry concealed deadly weapon (CCDW) license must:
* Be a citizen of the United States; and
* Be a resident of Kentucky for at least six months prior to filing the application or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is on active duty, who is at the time of application assigned to a military posting in Kentucky, and who has been assigned to a posting in Kentucky for six months or longer immediately preceding the filing of the application; and
* Be twenty-one (21) years of age or older; and
* Not be under indictment for, or have been convicted of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; and
* Not be a fugitive from justice; and
* Not be an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance; and
* Not have been adjudicated as a mental defective or have committed to a mental institution; and
* Not have been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions; and
* Not be subject to a domestic violence order or emergency protective order; and
* Not have been convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence (see section below for discussion of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence); and
* Not be prohibited from the purchase, receipt or possession of firearms, ammunition or both pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 922(g), 18 U.S.C. 922(n), or applicable state law; and
* Not have been committed to a state or federal facility for abuse of a controlled substance or convicted of a misdemeanor relating to a controlled substance within the three-year period immediately preceding the date the application was submitted; and
* Not have two or more convictions for violating KRS 189A.010 (Operating motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or other substance which impairs driving ability) within the three (3) years immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted; and
* Not have been committed as an alcoholic pursuant to KRS Chapter 222 or similar laws of another state within the three (3) year period immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted; and
* Not owe a child support arrearage which equals or exceeds the cumulative amount which would be owed after one (1) year of nonpayment; and
* Have complied with any subpoena or warrant relating to child support or paternity proceedings; and
* Have not been convicted of a violation of KRS 508.030 (Assault in the fourth degree) or 508.080 (Terroristic Threatening in the third degree) within the three years immediately preceding the date on which the application is submitted; and
* Demonstrate competence with a firearm by successful completion of a firearms safety or training course offered or approved by the Department of Criminal Justice Training.
NOTE - ONLY SOME OF THE OFFENSES LISTED ABOVE HAVE A THREE-YEAR LIMITATION. OTHER OFFENSES, SUCH AS FELONIES AND MISDEMEANOR CRIMES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DO NOT HAVE A TIME LIMIT. IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A FELONY OR MISDEMEANOR CRIME OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, YOU ARE INELIGIBLE FOR A CCDW LICENSE AND ARE PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING A FIREARM UNDER FEDERAL LAW, NO MATTER HOW LONG AGO YOU WERE CONVICTED.
Also... That's right I'm not done. As for the types of weapons allowed This is straight out of the National Firearms act through another source
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wbardw ... fa_faq.txt
Basically an illegal is any of the following.
NFA weapons are: machine guns, sound suppressors (a.k.a.
silencers), short barreled shotguns, short barreled rifles,
destructive devices and "any other weapons". Exactly what these
weapons are is defined in the law, as well as in court cases
interpreting the law. Withut going into to much detail, these are
what the categories encompass:
A machine gun is any gun that can fire more than one shot with
a single pull of the trigger, or a receiver of a machine gun, or a
combination of parts for assembling a machine gun, or a part or set
of parts for converting a gun into a machine gun.
A silencer is any device for muffling the gunshot of a portable
firearm, or any part or parts exclusively designed or intended for
such a device (see discussion below).
A short barreled shotgun is any shotgun (which is defined as a
shoulder fired, smooth bore firearm) with a barrel of less than 18"
or an overall length of less than 26", or any weapon made from a
shotgun falling into the same length parameters.
A short barreled rifle is a rifle (which is defined as a shoulder
fired, rifled bore firearm) with a barrel length of less than 16",
or an overall length of less than 26", or any weapon made from a
rifle falling into the same length parameters (like a pistol made
from a rifle). In measuring barrel length you do it from the
closed breech to the muzzle, see 27 CFR sec. 179.11. To measure
overall length do so along, "the distance between the extreme ends
of the weapon measured along a line parallel to the center line of
the bore." 27 CFR sec. 179.11. On a folding stock weapon you
measure with the stock extended, provided the stock is not readily
detachable, and the weapon is meant to be fired from the shoulder.
A destructive device (DD) can be two basic categories of things.
It can be an explosive, incendiary or poison gas weapon, like a
bomb or grenade. It can also be a firearm with a bore over 1/2",
with exceptions for sporting shotguns, among other things (see
discussion below). I call the second category large bore
destructive devices. As a general rule only this second category
is commercially available.
Any other weapons (AOW's) are a number of things; smooth bore
pistols, any pistol with more than one grip, (but see below) gadget
type guns (cane gun, pen gun) and shoulder fired weapons with both
rifled and smooth bore barrels between 12" and 18", that must be
manually reloaded (see discussion below).
Cop Killer ammo IS ILLEGAL. That means that it's regulated to Us LAW ABIDING CITIZENS and
NOT! criminals.
As for Trigger locks It is a federal law that they are to be given out with Every LEGAL retail firearm sale they are also free for the taking at your local County Police Station. That doesn't mean that there should be a law to make people use them. You can lead a person to water but you can't make them think.
Did I cover everything? Let me know. I'll be glad to educate you some more.