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发表于 2016-4-9 06:03:24
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感谢楼上的朋友解答。我比较喜欢自己动手,所以查了一下法律法规,算是自问自答吧:)
首先是联邦法。简单地说,联邦法规定持有非移民签证(包括F-1和H1b)的外国人原则上不允许买枪,除非是几个特例之一。其中一个特例是合法地拥有打猎证。
也就是说,只要合法地拥有打猎证,联邦法就允许F-1或H1b的朋友们买枪。我搜索了关键词但并没有找到手枪和长枪的政策区别,也就是说打猎证是允许购买手枪的。如果有朋友知道其中的区别欢迎纠正:)
神奇的是,联邦法只规定了“合法地拥有打猎证”就可以了,而如何获得打猎证则是各个州规定的,在某些州(比如印州)特别简单。本人刚刚实践了一下,在网上填个简单的表格,交17刀就能立即拿到license并打印出来,可谓简单至极。
法律原文:http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text ... div5#se27.3.478_199
在§478.99 Certain prohibited sales or deliveries. 一节下面
(c) Sales or deliveries to prohibited categories of persons. A licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any firearm or ammunition to any person knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such person:
(5) Is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States or, except as provided in §478.32(f), is an alien who has been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa: Provided, That the provisions of this paragraph (c)(5) do not apply to any alien who has been lawfully admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa if that alien is—
(i) Admitted to the United States for lawful hunting or sporting purposes or is in possession of a hunting license or permit lawfully issued in the United States;
我查的是此时最新的(16年4月7号)的法规。需要的朋友可以在那个网站上查阅最新的版本。
常识告诉我们,美国的法律是州法与联邦法二者都要遵守的。当然“常识”不靠谱,直接上法律原文吧。还是上面的链接,还是§478.99 Certain prohibited sales or deliveries. 这一节,
(b) Sales or deliveries to underaged persons. A licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector shall not sell or deliver (1).. or (2) any firearm to any person in any State where the purchase or possession by such person of such firearm would be in violation of any State law or any published ordinance applicable at the place of sale, delivery, or other disposition, unless the importer, manufacturer, dealer, or collector knows or has reasonable cause to believe that the purchase or possession would not be in violation of such State law or such published ordinance.
这回就明确了,州法也要遵守才行。那就说说州法。此处只说印州。
州法查起来没有联邦法那么简单,经过一通Google,终于在ATF的网站下面找到了印州的武器法(https://www.atf.gov/firearms/doc ... 1-indiana/download),看链接是10/11年的法律了,不知道现在有没有更新。同时在IN政府网上下很深的一个路径发现了枪法里的手枪法规部分(https://iga.in.gov/static-docume ... ITLE35_AR47_ch2.pdf),与ATF的文件有所不同,可能是更新的版本。两个文件里都没有提到任何'alien', 'immigrant'的字眼,而只是对resident和non-resident做区别,也就是说州法不关心外国人的问题,make sense,毕竟这种国际间的事情本来就是联邦政府的职责。虽然没有找到最新的法律原文链接,但这两个链接,加上一些其他的法律相关的网站的佐证(就不一一列出了),同时证明了州法没有对外国人的身份进行规定的事实。
基本可以得出结论:对于住在印州持有非移民签证的朋友,只要能够合法地拿到打猎证(hunting license), 就可以合法地购买手枪了。当然持枪证需要另外申请,另当别论了。过几天我就去枪店实践一下:) |
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