- Feb 17, 2011
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what pizzes me off is they make it sound like anyone and everyone from NJ or MD or whereever can walk into a gun store in PA and buy whatever they want, walk out, take it back across the border and start shootin up the place, because there are lax gun laws and a glut of guns blah blah its ********.
Most criminals are stealing guns, buying them from straw purchasers or tapping states with more lax gun laws such as Virginia and Pennsylvania, Thomson said.
In Pennsylvania, no permit is required to buy guns in stores or at gun shows, and there's no limit to the number of firearms a person can purchase at one time. Instead, the state requires a permit to carry weapons openly or concealed outside of a home.
"Pennsylvania is one of the states where there is just a glut of firearms," said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey. "You don't have to travel too far to get your hand on a gun here."
Ramsey, who wants stronger gun laws, acknowledged that his city's weapons often make their way into Camden.
I am confused but don't you need to be a PA resident to buy a regulated firearm in PA?