How easy is it to purchase a gun in the US?

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<p>Whose fault is it when a driver without a license is driving 200 mph and crashes?</p>

<p>The driver's? Should we make laws that limit speeds and require licenses?</p>

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<p>bs2,
I believe you have to be a U.S. citizen to legally purchase a firearm.</p>

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<p>So purchasing one isnt as simple as it looks like.</p>

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<p>You can probably check out the laws regarding purchase and posession of firearms from this ATF site:
<a href="http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.atf.treas.gov/firearms/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>It helps if you have a dealer's license, but you do have to be a citizen for that and you have to pass a backround check</p>

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<p>"The driver's? Should we make laws that limit speeds and require licenses?"</p>

<p>We should have those laws, but also no one has the constitutional right to drive a car</p>

<p>Besides, the Autoban is one of the safest highways in the world, and it doesn't have a speed limit</p>

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<p>^haha, thats because German's are damned good drivers</p>

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<p>Indeed they are. And there are som damned good marksmen over here too</p>

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<p>uh huh...I actually shot with this guy who was a pilot for the German Airforce...they flew over here for a bit, and the smallest thing he could fit under his cockpit was a .410 shotgun...and lemme tell ya, he destroyed with that thing, I had a 12 and he still broke the same targets</p>

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<p>^wow. that's impressive.</p>

<p>A gun is only as safe as its operator, just like anything else</p>