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Moving to Nevada

ethanleoethanleo Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
edited January 2008 in Ask the Experts
A friend and I are going to be moving to NV later this year and I was just curious what is needed to become registered for the purpose of buying a handgun? If anyone has any info. it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

if you could email me at ethanleo@gmail.com that would be great since I work alot and get email allerts on my cell...

Thanks again, Ethan

Comments

  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My brother tells me get your drivers license is all for ID. It costs $25 for each background check you get.

    abc,

    I agree with you on that being a scam. It doesn't cost near that much to administer the program. They just like the way it raises money.

    gunnut505

    It is true that it's one place in the U.S. that full gunracks in the window can still be seen.
  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    Nevada may well be one of the dwindling handful of states that pretty much allow gun owners to purchase, trade, bear and tote those arms in a civilized manner,ie: no stupid restrictions on driving around with your heater, a lack of penalties for simply having your gun with you in a motel, and almost unfettered access to hundreds of acres of unpopulated fields of fire!
    Welcome to the Forums, see ya around!
  • abcguns2abcguns2 Member Posts: 2,320 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well , Nevada , a good friend of mine that I grew up with lived @ Elko for about 15 years and moved back home , said the prices of stuff including land had gone crazy there ???
    Registered ??? What ???
    Welcome aboard , but registered ?????
    and $25 for a back-ground check , what a scam .......
    Good Luck !!!
    d.a.stearns a.k.a. SKEEZIX
    Gunsmith / LEO
    Niota , Tn
  • Wolf.Wolf. Member Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Yep, good old Nevada! Why, you can still go up in the mountains there and pan a whole poke-full of gold nuggets, ride into Reno, hit a saloon for a snort or two, grab hold of one of them fancy women and sleep in the next morning. All that while totin' your irons.

    I believe Arizona also is gun friendly if I'm not mistaken. I understand that anyone who can legally own a gun may carry it openly, but that concealed carry requires a license. Anyone know if that is actually true?
  • EVILDR235EVILDR235 Member Posts: 4,398 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If I remember correctly machine guns are legal also if you meet the requirements to own one.
    XXXXXX
  • lcdrdanrlcdrdanr Member Posts: 439 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It has been a few years since I lived in Las Vegas but back then it was required to have a police card for each handgun purchased within the city limits. Each gun had it's own blue card

    Yes, Arizona is an open carry state which is not to say one routinely walks into Wally World packing a six shooter on your belt. Legal, yes, but I would advise against it.
    Dan R
  • AnonymouseAnonymouse Member Posts: 4,050
    edited November -1
    I lived in Las Vegas from 2005-2006 and I was not impressed by Nevada being a "gun friendly" state. In Clark county you have to register all your handguns with the Metro Police Dept and have a Blue Card for every handgun you own. If you get caught with a handgun without a Blue Card registration, you are in big trouble. If you sell or trade a handgun to another person, you have to transfer it into their name at a police station and have them get the Blue Card into their name. The CCW permit process is a pain in the butt and took 4 months for me to get it, even though I already had 4 other state permits. And to get the permit, I had to take an NRA certified course taught by an NRA instructor, even though I AM an NRA instructor, since Nevada requires the class to be taught in the State of Nevada. No other training qualifies. So, basically I paid a hundred dollars to sit through a class that I have been teaching for 15 years. Every gun you want to CCW, you have to qualify with and every one of those guns must be listed on the back of your CCW permit. So, if you buy a new handgun, you can't CCW it until you requalify and get your permit updated with that gun listed on it. Nevada does not have preemption, there are areas like North Las Vegas (separate city from Las Vegas)and Boulder City that have their own CCW laws that override state laws. So it is very easy to unknowingly drive into an area where your permit is no good.
    http://www.lvmpd.com/permits/firearms_concealed.html

    Here is some North Las Vegas code on CCW:
    http://municipalcodes.lexisnexis.com/codes/nolasvegas/index.htm

    9.32.020 Permit--Issuance.
    The chief of police shall have the power to issue to any person who, in the judgment of the chief of police, shall have such privilege, a written permit to carry concealed any of the weapons specified hereunder. Such permits shall be numbered consecutively in the order in which they are used. No permit shall be granted for a longer period than twelve (12) months. Each such permit shall state the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the same is issued, and the date of its expiration and shall specify the kind and description of weapon authorized to be carried or concealed by such person. (Prior code ? 7.22.020)

    So, you can have a CCW that is completely invalid in North Las Vegas. and:

    9.32.080 Deadly weapon prohibited in vehicle--Exceptions.
    It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession in any automobile, truck, motorcycle, or any other type of vehicle any dangerous or deadly weapon, but this restriction shall not be deemed to prohibit the carrying of ordinary tools or equipment carried in good faith for uses of honest work, trade or business, or for the purpose of legitimate sport or recreation. (Ord. 596 ? 1, 1978: prior code ? 7.22.070)

    So you can't even drive through North Las Vegas with a gun in your vehicle.
  • sandwarriorsandwarrior Member Posts: 5,453 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    P228,

    I think you now understand why the rest of Nevada would like to get rid of Las Vegas...and Harry Reid. Most of the laws you stated are Las Vegas municipal laws not state laws.

    p.s. Welcome to the forum, and FWIW I certainly empathize with you.
  • AnonymouseAnonymouse Member Posts: 4,050
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by sandwarrior
    P228,

    I think you now understand why the rest of Nevada would like to get rid of Las Vegas...and Harry Reid. Most of the laws you stated are Las Vegas municipal laws not state laws.

    p.s. Welcome to the forum, and FWIW I certainly empathize with you.


    Very true. But according to the recent Nevada primary, 71% of Nevada population lives in Clarke County, so those laws affect a lot of people and everyone who visits there.
    Thanks for the welcome.
  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290
    edited November -1
    Clark county/Las Vegas & Reno are places I wouldn't go without a gun, but I was more familiar with Winnemucca, Lovelock, Elko, and on up to McDermitt on the Idaho side. Same nonregistration procedure as nM.
    Don't tell anybody, but new Mexico is much friendlier than Arizona; there's no need to hide your irons, remove your spurs, brush the dust off your chaps, or valet park your pony most anywhere; and there's only 3 places they don't allow guns- Courthouses, Bars and Schools.
    They allow concealed carry, but openly admit that only cowards hide their guns.
  • dfletcherdfletcher Member Posts: 8,178 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I lived in Las Vegas, granted it was about 20 years ago, the best place to buy a used gun was at a pawn shop. Don't know if that's changed but the cases were always filled with guns.

    I'm sure there's still a machine gun rental range there also.
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