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24-Jun-2002 03:16 AM |
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Serge |
I was wondering if a non-resident alien can legally own and carry firearms. Just curious. [ This message was edited by: Serge on: 6-24-2002 03:14 ] |
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24-Jun-2002 04:33 PM |
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InTrouble |
The law is Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act of 1994. Part of this Act requires DOJ to establish a database "National Instant Criminal Background Checking System" (NICS). Persons who would be prohibited from purchasing a firearm as a result of data obtained by the NICS database checking are:
- Convicted felons and people under indictment for a felony - Fugitives from justice - Unlawful drug users or drug addicts - Individuals who have been involuntarily committed to a mental institution or determined to be mentally incompetent. - Illegal aliens and legal aliens admitted under a non-immigrant visa - Individuals who have been dishonorably discharged from the military - Persons who have renounced their American citizenship - Persons subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders - Persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence So, students with non-immigrant visa (f-1) cannot purchase gun in the USA. The law applies for both long guns (rifles) and handguns (pistols). I guess that helps your curiosity Serge. |
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26-Jun-2002 04:48 AM |
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Serge |
Thank you, that was a very thorough reply. Are there any laws about practicing on a range with a rented gun, like if you rent it from that range? [ This message was edited by: Serge on: 6-26-2002 04:48 ] |
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26-Jun-2002 02:37 PM |
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InTrouble |
The amendment to 18 U.S.C. sec. 922(d) imposes felony penalties on any person who transfers a firearm to an alien "admitted to the United States under a non-immigrant visa," and the amendment to sec. 922(g) imposes felony penalties on any such alien who possesses a firearm. However, one section 18 U.S.C. secs. 922(a)(5)(B), (b)(3)(B) (prohibition of transfer of firearm to nonresident does not apply to "the loan or rental of a firearm to any person for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes."); 27 C.F.R. secs. 178.30(b), 178.97.16 Nonimmigrant aliens borrow or rent firearms at trap-and-skeet ranges, indoor shooting ranges, hunting preserves, and similar locations, and this activity is lawful.
I went to a shooting range one and a half year ago. |
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28-Jun-2002 03:52 AM |
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Serge |
Thanks a lot, good to know. |
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