Before this post is removed, I hope someone can help me find the information I need. For the SP Moderator, whenever you swoop in, technically I am writing about my suicide story. It just hasn’t happened yet. Foreshadowing technically counts as a literary technique. I’m writing the introduction to my story. If Shakespeare was allowed to give away the ending of Romeo and Juliet, why can’t I?
Of all the methods I have (not efficiently) researched and heard discussed, the one most obtainable and suitable for me would be a bullet through the brain. However, as an incompetent, sheltered teenager, I don’t even know how to buy a gun. Before Congress has a chance to change the rules, how can I go about purchasing one? No, I’m not homicidal or psychopathic, so don’t worry about that. I just want to put MYSELF out of my misery. Since age matters, know I need whatever an 18-year-old can receive. As far as I’ve read, official background checks take mental health into account, but supposedly gun shows have loopholes. Do I need a gun-savvy friend to get in or can I find one solo and bring the cash? If I went through a licensed dealership, how in-depth are those background checks? If I went to a mental hospital when I was fourteen, can the dealer find those records or are they sealed since I was a minor?
Any info is appreciated.
6 comments
luckystar,
i can’t help you with the gun info i know nothing about it but care to talk i’d like to hear your story.
recycling1000 @yahoo.com
You have to be 21 to buy a handgun, 18 to buy a shot gun or a rifle. They will check to see if you have been in some kind of “mental instatution” but i cant say how far back they check.
Wouldn’t it be easier and more thorough to just go to your state’s web site and search for gun ownership regulations? FYI – any rules congress “changes” will be weak and relatively inconsequential … about the only things you really need be concerned with regarding gun purchase will be age, Id and criminal record – i don’t know that any state – or very few have any mental health screens as of yet – and even if/when they ever do – it’ll be riddled with holes to where only the craziest will be denied … please don’t but into the wacko “obama’s coming for your guns’ tripe and propaganda … of course – AFTER you attempt, you might have problems purchasing a weapon … but not before.
shyster dawg
*BUY … don’t BUY into the … tripe and propaganda
typo dawg
Um, I don’t know many people that would give you a gun,, let alone allow you to buy one. You could secretly go on a pig-shooting excursion, and at the right opportunity, shoot yourself. But there’s too much of a chance that someone could see you. so as much as anything is possible, you’d have to push your luck with this.
Thanks for the replies. I don’t believe in all the gun hype, in fact i support some of the bills, such as ten round magazines and banning certain automatic rifles, but I am worried about the bills that want to implement more thorough background checks. I’ve tried looking up gun laws but I’m awful at research. I really just want to know if I’ll be denied ownership based on my trip to the loony bin.