Talk:Firearms law

International perspective
I added a paragraph about Dutch gun law, to provide an example of how firearms are regulated in a (hopefully fairly) typical European country.

Constitutional review
The article used to say that gun laws (presumably the author meant bills) are subject to judicial review when they are drafted. I know of only one country that applies some form of formal judicial review to bills as they are being passed, and it is France, no the US. In the US, laws are usually challenged after they have been turned into acts, at the point when they become relevant to some actual court case. (Of course drafters of bills are often well aware of what the courts are likely to say about them, so there is an entirely informal form of pressure on them not to propose and pass bills that are immediately invalidated.)

Expansion
This article is in desperate need of expansion. Some topics to cover, at least as a summery with a link to a main article on the subject, include: --Cab88 00:36, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Gun control laws
 * Gun licensing laws
 * Gun registration laws
 * Concealed weapons laws
 * Gun safety laws
 * Gun manufacturer regulations/laws
 * Gun sale restrictions and mandated background checks. (i.e. no sale to felons, age-based restrictions, etc.)

Merge into Gun Politics
I am recommending merging this into Gun Politics, please discuss it on the talk page for Gun Politics. GuyFromChicago 14:48, 1 September 2006 (UTC) - remove my suggestion on this. This article has decent content now. GuyFromChicago 23:48, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree and Firearms licence as well. AliveFreeHappy (talk) 16:43, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
 * the article as it stands is basically worthless, because it is a list of unrelated "country" sections. What it should be is a coherent overview and comparison of the world's gun laws. As long as this isn't realized, it can as well be merged, but I would insist that it would be even better if somebody took the time to write the article instead of merging it. --dab (𒁳) 09:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree.86.121.66.25 (talk) 22:52, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Canada Section
Does anybody think a section on Canadain Gun law is worthwhile? I can write one if so. Cavell 05:05, 28 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Absolutely. Any additional content beyond the U.S. is much needed.  Thernlund 00:05, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

i r not str8

International
As well as including more non-US content, I think most of the US content needs to be moved to its own page, and reduced to a couple of paragraphs here. If every country had a section as long as the American one, this page would reach a ridiculous length. --Helenalex 22:01, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I've moved the US stuff to Gun law in the United States. I've since discovered a whole lot of other pages on US gun law which make me think the page I created should be a whole lot broader rather than just dealing with federal law. However this is something I know next to nothing about, so I will leave that to the argumentative folks who work on the other gun law pages... --Helenalex 07:27, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

South Korea
Is owning firarms really punishable by death in South Korea? It sounds very implausible and there is no source. -Willi5willi5 (talk) 19:57, 14 August 2008 (UTC)

http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g983296-d1128935-r18701753-Daeyooland_Hunting_Preserve-Jeju_Island.html has a story of tourists hunting in South Korea and http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.daeyooland.net%2F&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ko&tl=en has more about hunting and pictures of people on a hunt with shotguns, and skeet/trap shooting too. Also, http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/south-korea/jeju/entertainment-&-recreation-in-jeju/sport-in-jeju/sport-venues-in-jeju/gojeong-hunting-grounds-jeju.html says: "According to the hunting procedures, it is mandatory to take approval for firearms possession for the hunters, from the nearest police station. Besides, hunters can go hunting only when they submit their hunting license, pay their hunting fees and seek permission from the city firearms authorities. After the hunting expedition, the hunted animals are to be reported to the authorities to be tagged with identification mark." which gives impression that there are legal procedures for hunting with firearms.

http://www.asiarooms.com/travel-guide/south-korea/busan/entertainment-in-busan/sports-&-recreation-in-busan/sports-venues-in-busan/yongdo-shooting-range-busan.html: "Yongdo Shooting Range established the first indoor automated shooting gallery in Asia differentiated with conventional shooting ranges. Yongdo Shooting Range has international standards of 15 meters and 25 meters. Yongdo Shooting Range has 2 types of shooting ranges. One that is controllable according to the shooter's shooting level and other is the automated pop up system in which shooter can shoot moving targets at a distance starting from 5 meters - 20 meters. There is a good collection of guns for both amateurs and beginners. Yongdo Shooting Range has the largest number of guns collection in Korea ranging from 22 calibers to 45 calibers available in 6 classifications and 30 different models." so there's even shooting range for pistols. At least hunting is a clear exception from the capital punishment rule unless you are a diehard hunter in the literal sence :). Maybe one day a South Korean reads this and gives more insight into this.

Irish firearms law
I've updated the section on Irish firearms law (and replaced the preceeding content completely as it was erroneous in too many regards to save); however what's there now is still basicly a high-level summary and it's still too large for the page IMHO. Do people think it should be split out to its own page and linked back in to here and expanded? MarkDennehy (talk) 11:46, 30 May 2011 (UTC)

Pakistan section
"One of the centers of gun-manufacturing is the town of Darra Adam Khel, near Peshawar, which was historically known for manufacturing the Lee Enfield .303. However, the town now produces ordnance, including the AK-47, the mini-Kalashnikov, and hand-held firearms."

Wouldn't the Lee Enfield .303 be considered ordnance as well?

I would fix this myself but I know some wikipedia nazi will revert it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.178.51.237 (talk) 01:17, 20 March 2012 (UTC)