Christian Davenport relata en el Washington Post cómo se hizo con un arma en el Distrito de Columbia.
It took $833.69, a total of 15 hours 50 minutes, four trips to the Metropolitan Police Department, two background checks, a set of fingerprints, a five-hour class and a 20-question multiple-choice exam.Oh, and the votes of five Supreme Court justices.
(El Tribunal Supremo en District of Columbia v. Heller tumbó la prohibición de poseer un arma en casa. Washington tenía la legislación más restrictiva del país).
En la vecina Virginia, solo hubiera tenido que seguir estos pasos:
If I lived in Virginia, I'd simply walk into a shop, show my ID, fill out forms and then wait while the store calls for my background check, which can take all of three minutes. If I pass, the gun is mine. Or I could buy a gun from a private citizen and forgo the background check. No safety course required (unless I'm applying for a concealed-handgun permit, which is not even an option in the District). No need to register the gun with the government (unless it's a machine gun, which is, again, not an option in the District).
Leedlo entero, es bastante interesante.
(HT: Manuel Lora)
