Federal Firearms License

What are gun permits

In the majority of states gun permits are issued to allow you to purchase handguns for the protection of your home, business or property, to use in target shooting, hunting or collecting.

The best place to start is to apply in person to the police department in your city to get your firearms permit. Also there is usually required criminal background checks and some state laws require a 3-day waiting period by licensed dealers.

Federal law also prohibits gun dealers and those with a federal firearms license from selling handguns to anyone under 21 and selling rifles or shotguns to anyone under 18.

Something else to know is that many states have laws governing the transportation of firearms. When traveling you must be aware of these laws and comply with the legal requirements. A huge warning if your in the North East.

Massachusetts has enacted one of the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, which imposes a mandatory one-year jail sentence for anyone illegally possessing a firearm, loaded or unloaded, "on his person or under his control in a vehicle.

Carrying a handgun in public may not be for everyone, but it is a right that government ought to respect.