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Jan 19 17:42 UTC 2006

I'm assuming you are talking about posession of a firearm while
intoxicated. I would guess that all states do have statutes prohibiting
it. As for actual limits and penalties, that probably varies state to state.

As for obtaining a permit to carry a concealed weapon, the requirements
and process does vary state to state, with only one that I can think of
that does not require a permit at all (Vermont). Several states,
including Michigan, do not require special training or background checks
to carry weapons unconcealed. Although outside of hunting, that is
rarely ever seen.

Something that is very difficult for anti-gun liberals to accept is that
gun control was originally intended as a form of jim crow law.
Michigan's original CCW statute is an example of this. They were passed
after an african-american living in a white neighborhood used a firearm
to defend his family from whites attempting to invade his house. The
discretionary nature of how licenses were issued did not require the
county sheriff to have a credible reason for denying the application.
Thus, as a result, many african americans were denied based solely on
their race.

Firearm ownership is an "equalizer" helping protect the minority from an
abusive majority. We see gun ownership groups for almost every minority;
women, jews, homosexuals. In fact, some of the early NRA chapters in the
south were started by african-americans. Of course, you wouldn't know
this from watching "Bowling for Columbine".