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4justice 10-06-2012 06:48 PM
Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
Is anyone else thinking about getting a CHL or any other license in your state what will allow you to carry a handgun? I'm curious if DACA recipients will be able to have full benefits to buy a handgun and allowed to carry. I believe you only need a government ID and a SSN.

engineergirl 10-06-2012 06:53 PM
Re: Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
This is a right for citizens only. The make you fill out a form where you have to state this. Then they do a quick FBI background check using your social.
How do I know this??? My bf just bought one last month. It was his birthday and I went with him.

4justice 10-06-2012 07:14 PM
Re: Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by engineergirl (Post 331808)
This is a right for citizens only. The make you fill out a form where you have to state this. Then they do a quick FBI background check using your social.
How do I know this??? My bf just bought one last month. It was his birthday and I went with him.
What state are you in? This is NOT just for US citizens. Texas only requires that you have been a legal resident of that state for the past 6 months before you fill out an application for a CHL.

engineergirl 10-06-2012 07:17 PM
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NM. My bf did have some trouble getting a gun. The person there was a bitch. So maybe it was just that shop. And that's what she told us. Lol maybe cuz I look Mexican.

4justice 10-06-2012 07:19 PM
Re: Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
This is what I found on Texas laws and I'm thinking anyone who was simply deferred action would not qualify:


If I am a legal resident alien, can I get a license?

It depends. A resident alien who has been admitted to the U.S. under an immigrant visa category will generally be eligible for a concealed handgun license. However, under federal law, an alien who has been admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa usually is not qualified to purchase a handgun and thus is not eligible for a license.

If you legally reside in Texas and were not admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa, you may be eligible.

Ianus 10-06-2012 07:54 PM
Re: Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by 4justice (Post 331838)
This is what I found on Texas laws and I'm thinking anyone who was simply deferred action would not qualify:


If I am a legal resident alien, can I get a license?

It depends. A resident alien who has been admitted to the U.S. under an immigrant visa category will generally be eligible for a concealed handgun license. However, under federal law, an alien who has been admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa usually is not qualified to purchase a handgun and thus is not eligible for a license.

If you legally reside in Texas and were not admitted to the U.S. under a non-immigrant visa, you may be eligible.
You need a green card minimum judging by what is in bold.

Frank Knight 10-06-2012 08:50 PM
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Sigh.

US vs Huitron-Guizar confirmed that we don't have a right to bear arms as illegal aliens.

I don't know about other states, but in Californian non-citizens are essentially banned the ability to have arms due to harsh laws regarding the transportation of firearms. This combined with other state gun laws effectively deprive those of us in California from firearms.

4justice 10-06-2012 08:57 PM
Re: Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
I did further research on this and since "deferred action" is not actually being here "legally" and still deemed as "unlawful status", then you may not be allowed to have a firearm. However, there are certain exceptions by the ATF that do allow certain people to have firearms, even if they are here on temporary visas.

Dres2011 10-06-2012 10:32 PM
Re: Conceald Handgun License after DACA?
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...d_Check_System

Quote:
Sections 922(g) and (n) of the Gun Control Act[3] prohibits certain persons from shipping or transporting any firearm in interstate or foreign commerce, or receiving any firearm which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce, or possessing any firearm in or affecting commerce. These prohibitions apply to any person who:[1]
Has been convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year
Is under indictment for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year
Is a fugitive from justice
Is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance
Has been adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution
Is illegally or unlawfully in the United States
Has been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions
Having been a citizen of the United States, has renounced U.S. citizenship
Is subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner
Has been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence

tyler129 10-07-2012 12:06 AM
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i dont like when retarded kids shoot guns and think that they're cool

and then go on DAP and then ask if it's ok to get gun license


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