Vegas police: Suspected burglar shot by homeowner
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas police say a homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar after coming home and finding the person in his home.
Short on details, long on dead goblin goodness... Oh well, we take what we can get. The story is both full of good:
Homicide Lt. Lew Roberts says the homeowner likely would not be charged for the Sunday incident west of Nellis Air Force Base, but said the investigation was still in its early stages.
And bad:
Robert's says the homeowner's gun is registered.
WTF? A Google search for "Nevada Gun Registration" yields the following information:
Clark County (minus Boulder City) requires registration of handguns only. All other counties have no registration of any guns. For Clark County, the first handgun purchase includes a 72 hour "cooling off" period. A handgun registration card (commonly known as a "blue card" because of its light blued color) is issued for each registered handgun, and must stay with the gun. Examples: If you take the gun to shoot at the range, you must take its blue card also. If you loan the gun to a friend, you must make sure he has the card with it. You may register your handgun at any branch of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (bring it to them UNLOADED AND IN A SAFE MANNER). If you sell or give away the handgun, you are obligated to have the registration transferred into the name of the new owner. If you wish to purchase other handguns, your "cooling off" period is waived if you have your blue card present.
You need to keep the card with the gun? Holy hell, folks, this is worse than MA. I don't have to keep any "blue cards" with my handguns (which is a good thing, as I'd need yet another safe)...
Even in gun-friendly Nevada the GFWs have a foothold. This is bad. Very bad.
Dead Goblin Count: 7
That is all
5 comments:
That's why state preemption is one of the NRA's top priorities. That's also why I won't live in a state without uniform state gun laws.
Well, that's another good not to live in Clark County. Except for Boulder City which doesn't follow this law.
'tis a silly law.
I like Texas better anyway.
That is BAD...
That's just Clark County. The rest of the state has absolutely no registration.
Also, Nevada has state preemption, but Las Vegas managed to finagle an exemption for their registration when the preemption law was being written. Probably due to the fact that their Nevada's version of Chicago, only with not quite as strong a grip on the state legislature. The rest of the state sometimes manages to wrest control away from them for a time.
And now you know one of the reasons why some of us in the Northern part of the state call LV "East L.A."
NY requires registration of all handguns - they are listed on the pistol permit by make/model/action/caliber/serial number.
If you possess a pistol, you must possess the permit - with the appropriate serial number. The permit itself has space for 3 guns. After that they start filling out a green index card with space for about ten more ... repeat as necessary.
Theoretically we're switching to plastic ID-style cards sometime this year. I hope.
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