Regarding your question, yes, I believe it is legal in all states to do so, 49 out of 50 require a special permit though. I literally just took the course today for one in Florida, and will be filing the rest of the paperwork Monday.

Many states also allow “open carry”, meaning it does not even need to be concealed – or as I believe in some cases, can not be concealed, but can be carried in plain sight.

One state -Vermont – also allows concealed or open carry, from the day you can purchase a hand gun, without any sort of permit, background check, etc. If you can buy, you are under very little restriction to use it.

-Anthony

I have to start by saying I don’t actually live on the mainland (but only 30 mins away by plane from a major English city, so it’s not exactly isolated)

@Dream I am not surprised about your friend’s opinion, I know a lot of people who share the same thoughts (including my own father) but I am almost certain that it has nothing to do with our gun laws. I have never even heard a debate regarding this.

From my personal opinion, introducing gun laws similar to that in the US would be absolutely crazy and I am doubtful it will ever be introduced.

My theory. I think that the difficulty in getting a gun stops ‘lower level’ criminals using these weapons. These are the kind of criminals that I think interact with innocent civilians the most through muggings or low level burglaries etc. The kind of acts that are usually associated with collecting money to buy drugs. So keeping guns out of the hands of these guys is seriously important to me. I would rather fight fist on fist, than gun on gun.

I am not naive enough to believe that there will never be a fist on gun situation but reducing the chance of this is more important to me. I also wonder what kind of effect the ‘right to bear arms’ has had on the few college killings there have happened in the States. Do you think the easier availability of weaponry could have been a factor in these killings? I know these are just freak events due to some seriously messed up people but if strict gun laws could have thwarted any of these, adopting similar laws in the UK would be seriously scary.

I agree with Jonas regarding the ‘less guns, less violence’. Whilst guns are not invisible in our society (our school used to include compulsory army training with rifle handling until a few years ago) they are just a non-issue, something people don’t even think about. The surprise I get from seeing your handgun is the same as when I remember that you can’t drink until 21 in the US, if that puts it in any perspective. It is something so ordinary and ingrained in my life that it weirds me out to think millions of people live under a different set of rules.

Long post over, hope this sort of answers your question. Despite all I have said, I still get the adolescent thrill of holding a gun or shooting at a range but luckily they don’t have to change the gun laws for that =).

Mannik

P.S. Is it legal to put your gun in a holster and just walk around the streets?

Holy shit. I was totally oblivious to all of these uses. Anti bacterial and viral! Wow, I can not believe that I had never even tasted coconut oil until I found your site.

Thank you showing me the light

-Ryan

I’m Swedish, and I feel the same way. It doesn’t exist in my reality to ever have to wear a gun as protection. Sure there are dangers, but with the philosophy we have here (less guns, less violence) it just doesn’t seem like a viable solution. Now I don’t know the reliability of this source, but if you look here, we’re not even included in the list: http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

I was talking to a friend that is currently working as a nanny in USA right now. She said she was shocked when the parents in the house told her to keep an eye on the kids when they were fetching the mail.

This really shocked me too, because since I was 7 years old I’ve always walked/bicycled to school alone.

On the other side of the spectrum I can’t really blame those who want to protect themselves in a country like USA. It’s either you or them.

BUT one thing is for sure, it’s a downward spiral when people are getting armed for a lot of reasons. I doubt the crime rate will fall if it’s easier to get access to weapons.

I also think you get more and more paranoid in a country which allows guns. (My own hypothesis)

Man coconut oil? Soooo useful, not only as a food, but a survival tool as well. I’ll list out some uses off the top of my head, but do some Googling about it (I think you will be surprised as I will hardly do it justice).

First of all, Coconut Oil is

-anti microbial
-anti fungal
-anti bacterial
-anti viral

Read that last one over – anti VIRAL. It destroys any and all viruses from my understanding. I’ve personally used it to rid myself of Molloscum Contagiusum – a viral skin infection.

A doctor had used liquid nitrogen to freeze the virus off, but left small scars, and the infection came back (after 2 weeks had gone by since the painful and scarring liquid nitrogen treatment).

I was in SHOCK when coconut oil destroyed the virus, for far cheaper, without re-occurrence, without pain, without ANY scarring, and 100x faster (the infection was completely gone and healed in 4 days time).

A bit piss offed as well considering what I had gone through with the doc and what I spent on the treatment with him.

Considering all of the above, and assuming one is not rapidly bleeding to death, coconut oil is the first thing I would put on a mild or even serious wound. It speeds up healing, and completely sterilizes the wounded area.

It will also destroy any and all skin or outer body infections, including bacterial, viral, and fungal alike. I’ve read that it even cures eye infections, rapidly, although I would use caution on how much coconut oil you lather on your eyes.

Everything from ring worm to viral infections, even dry skin or chapped lips (it is far better than any chap stick on the planet), coconut oil has your back.

And of course, it’s packed with calories for both a health and survival food (incredibly stable). It’s all fat, no protein, but never the less it will keep you alive and healthy for a very long time – and won’t go bad.

It’s also the best cooking oil on the planet, and refuses to oxidize.

I could go on and on, but I think you get the point.

-Anthony

Yes I hear it’s incredibly hard to own a gun, let alone a hand gun. From my understanding most cops aren’t even permitted to carry?

“Although, with the United States’ stellar foreign policy I am not sure how safe I would feel backpacking in the Middle East with a US passport.”

Exactly. If anything, it’s simply not difficult for me to get. Potentially huge benefit, very low expense.

Mannik, another question, as a Brit. I met a friend of my room mates back in the fall. He is 21 now, and left Britain at 19 (lives in Central Florida currently). Really cool dude, definitely in line with other Brits I’ve met abroad and at home (all awesome people).

He said something that struck me pretty hard though, which I get the hint you will agree with to at least some extent. He told me… “I love my country… but I will NEVER move back there. The whole place has gone to shit, and only getting worse.”

The second sentence is from a vague memory, the first sentence is verbatum from what I remember.

Would you agree with this, if so to what extent, and do you think not having the right to defend yourself (referring to guns here) protected by your government has something to do with it?

thanks

-Anthony

Now to the point of this comment.
Interesting to see your opinion on the Dual citizenship (from the other post). I recently renewed my Norwegian passport but I am yet to find a real benefit of dual citizenship past being able to support them in the Winter Olympics. It is a nice point of conversation when I meet new Scandinavian girls but there is no way I would pay a ton of money for the pleasure.

You mentioned the Indian attacks (I’m assuming the 2008 Mumbai attacks) as a possible reason to get a passport but I don’t think the attackers were not specific with who they targeted, just so long as you looked western or Indian. Your best bet here is probably to pay for some Team America style plastic surgery instead.

So from my experience it would not really be worth buying if it’s not made easy for you through relative nationalities. Although, with the United States’ stellar foreign policy I am not sure how safe I would feel backpacking in the Middle East with a US passport.

Mannik

Could you elaborate more on the “awesomeness” of coconut oil? I use it to cook with, but what else do you do with it?

Thanks

-Ryan