How to buy ia gun ins the US versus 15 other countires

[iluvtennis]

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@davidmackau
this is amazing and provides a lot of much needed context: How To Buy A Gun In 15 Countries

US is 2 step process. Japan is 13 steps, very detailed with lots of checkpoints

How to Buy a Gun in 15 Countries
By AUDREY CARLSEN and SAHIL CHINOY MARCH 2, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/02/world/international-gun-laws.html

[hunter]

1. The U.S.A. is exceptional!

None of that applies to us.

[oberliner]

2. This is not actually true

Many states require gun safety training and an exam before one can obtain a license to buy a firearm.

[LanternWaste]

3. And many don't. Therefore, making the statement true.

And many don't. Therefore, making the statement true.

Drinking from the well actually again, eh? Water must taste really swell!

[oberliner]

4. The statement isn't true

I think it's important not to lump all the states together and suggest that there is one process by which people can purchase a gun that applies to the entire country (which that inaccurate statement does).

California, for example, has over 10 percent of the population of the United States, and requires a safety course, a written exam, and a ten day waiting period.

[Spider Jerusalem]

7. by and large that applies to handguns, not long guns

NB also that among states requiring safety training and an exam is Connecticut; there have been multiple instances of mass shootings in states with those requirements (and most mass shooters are "law-abiding gun owners" until they aren't). I personally find it kind of odd that the NYT doesn't note the general ban on ownership of most handguns and semi-automatic rifles in other countries (you can't own a semi-auto rifle in the UK, for instance; you can obtain a firearms certificate for a rifle, for deer, say, but it'll be bolt-action).

[Crunchy Frog]

5. But they don't have freedumb in those other countries.

Also, you don't even have to pass a background check here if you purchase your gun privately.

[iluvtennis]

6. Exactly.