jasecloud4 2 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Has anyone ever consider moving states just to have better gun laws??? I know, I know it's so hard to move, it costs so much, etc, etc, etc... Just kidding. No but seriously, I have a good friend of mine who jumped ship from California to Fl. When I asked him why, he said that he was sick and tired of stupid gun laws and he wanted to keep a similar climate to what he was accustomed to. When I pushed the issue, I found that he was really serious. Same thing with another good friend of mine in IL. In his case, he got robbed twice in a year, and not having a gun to protect himself really messed up his day, so he hopped ship to down the street from me in Kentucky...so my question becomes: have any of you ever up and moved just over some gun laws, or are you a close friend/acquaintance of someone who has? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolverine 10,360 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 No, but gun laws would make a difference in where I would accept another position. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I'm not sure I could move somewhere purely for the gun laws. That being said, my girl and I do plan on moving to South Carolina, hopefully by the end of the year. We have friends down there, and they love it. My girl has already been down to visit them, and she loves it too. We're going down there in mid-April, so we'll see how I like it. The fact that they have more relaxed gun laws than NY (who doesn't? ) is just a huge plus. Neither of us are tied down here in NY with careers. As we only consider what we do now, as jobs, not careers. That's my $.02. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loki0629 55 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 The fact that they have more relaxed gun laws than NY (who doesn't? ) Your neighbors in NJ. I almost convinced the wife to move across the river to PA but she has lots of family here. In the end, we compromised. She gets to stay near her family and I get to pay the mortgage and grumble about the anti-gun climate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Havoc308 3 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Depending on what you do Shooter, it may be very difficult to find a job down here in SC. I live in the Aiken area and most of the places around here are laying off or cutting back on hours. If you're interested in this area do a job search for Savannah River Site. There is a big project that turns nuclear waste into fuel or something like that. Good Luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasecloud4 2 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 Hmmm...according to the liberals, Kentucky has the second most dangerous gun laws next to Alaska: in layman terms, I love my state! (although the occasional trailer park can get annoying from time to time: no offense trailer dwellers.) I love OC'ing, owning a machine gun, and not having to worry about magazine capacities. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 The fact that they have more relaxed gun laws than NY (who doesn't? ) Your neighbors in NJ. I almost convinced the wife to move across the river to PA but she has lots of family here. In the end, we compromised. She gets to stay near her family and I get to pay the mortgage and grumble about the anti-gun climate. Yeah, I guess we kind of do have it better in some ways in NY. The whole "pre-ban" thing anyway, which means nothing to you guys in NJ, if I remember correctly. So yeah, NY and NJ pretty much suck, as far as gun laws. LOL at the "compromise" you made. Get a mistress in PA, and keep all your "evil" guns there . Depending on what you do Shooter, it may be very difficult to find a job down here in SC. I live in the Aiken area and most of the places around here are laying off or cutting back on hours. If you're interested in this area do a job search for Savannah River Site. There is a big project that turns nuclear waste into fuel or something like that. Good Luck. I hear ya on the job situation. I think it's like that all over the country, for the most part. Our friend's husband is an LEO where they live (Myrtle Beach area), and said he knows a lot of people, and could probably get me a job doing something or another. We'll see how things go. The mid-April trip we're taking there is mostly to see if I like it down there. I can't imagine I won't. Thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sadams4 1 Posted March 13, 2009 Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 I left CA just a couple years ago. I was fortunate and charmed in a way. I joined a company while in San Diego with the intent of saving money to move to a southern state. After a couple months the company opened on office in a southern state and needed volunteers to move and open the new site. I volunteered, they picked me and I got the move I wanted and they paid for it. The reasons I was looking to leave CA: 1) land and a lack of it and the cost 2) firearms. I could not own the ones I wanted, shooting ranges were drying up, and outdoor areas were getting patroled more and more by LEO When I found out the state my company was opening a site in, a friend and I sat down to see "how gun friendly it was". It was not exactly easy searching laws, NRA, GOA, etc etc. Then (no joke) we went the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence. They had the ratings of states A (CA) to F (TX, and a few others). The new state (NC) was a C- and SC was a D. Good enough for me I made the move and guns were a factor. I would have done it anyway, but to a different state if I had flipped the bill myself. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jasecloud4 2 Posted March 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2009 My state (Kentucky) Got 2 Points! YEEEAAAAHHHHH. Damn, the points that we did get were for not forcing colleges to allow guns on campus. It's not illegal, but if you refuse to leave you can be charged with disturbing the peace, academic sanctions, or trespassing. However, if kept in the glovebox of your car, you technically have the gun as an extension of your home, which under state constitution is legal, therefore superceding college regs. The catch: if it leaves your the passenger side of your car it is no longer in your "home". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zakmatthews 14 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Well, I can't say I'd leave because of gun laws. But there are places I won't ever move to because of gun laws: California, Illinois, and Wisconsin specifically. I grew up Illinois, and although all my folks live there, I'll never move back to that liberalized nightmare of a state. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MD_Willington 11 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Yes, because I live 5 minutes from Idaho, and I did consider it when we had our house on the market... Though I stayed in WA and we fought the gun grabbers, we won for now... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ballistician 1 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Yes, because I live 5 minutes from Idaho, and I did consider it when we had our house on the market... Though I stayed in WA and we fought the gun grabbers, we won for now... WA gunlaws are half assed and inane. But WA's Concealed permit consists of no photo or required classes, unlike MT or ID and yet don't show reciprocity like MT and ID do for WA. What the fuck is that all about. Of course, this IS the state that just pink-slipped a bunch of WADOC yesterday. Brilliant idea. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koliadko 207 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 The fact that they have more relaxed gun laws than NY (who doesn't? ) Your neighbors in NJ. I almost convinced the wife to move across the river to PA but she has lots of family here. In the end, we compromised. She gets to stay near her family and I get to pay the mortgage and grumble about the anti-gun climate. :lolol: Don't get me wrong. I feel your pain but seriously, that's funny! All women need a man that compromises like that! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MD_Willington 11 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Of course, this IS the state that just pink-slipped a bunch of WADOC yesterday. Brilliant idea. All the more reason to have a CPL and carry whenever possible. Just reinforces the fact that I need to pick up a 12 gauge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janusthephoenix 24 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I wouldn't pick up and move simply because of the gun laws, but there's certainly so shortage of reasons to move out of the PRK. Draconian gun restrictions is one of those reasons. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DogMan 2,343 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 There is so much more to consider besides gun laws when deciding where to live. Would it be a factor? Yes, but there are no gun laws in any state that I couldn't manage to survive with if all the other things were right. Now if my home state all of a sudden said no guns period, then I would have to consider moving but I don't think things will ever get to that extreme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bshoop13 0 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I will be moving out of newyork shortly. the gun laws being one of the reasons but not the sole reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joelrod47 373 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 I lived in Wisconsin and worked in Illinois for a little over 13 years........... Don't know what the fuck I could've been thinking........ (Actually, it took a while to convince my Wisconsin wife to move away...... Couldn't whip her ass and make her move back to Wisconsin today, after 10 years in the free (and warm) world..........!!) Weather and gun laws were the motivating factors in getting the hell away from there......... Hard to say which was the most influential in making the move........ Illinois is the pits as regards gun laws, but Wisconsin is the most ignorant about them......... They keep putting CCW up, and keep voting it back down........ Hell, last time the very guy who introduced the bill for concealed carry was the one who cast the deciding vote against it, and upheld the assclown governors veto......... Lots of good people in Wisconsin, but they just keep electing the same anti politicians.......... ???????????????? Maybe they'll catch a clue as time progresses, if there's that much time left............. If you live in a state like California, Wisconsin, or Illinois............ get out while you can for your own peace of mind, and for a better life overall........... Life can be good !!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TheGlobule 1 Posted March 14, 2009 Report Share Posted March 14, 2009 Well, I can't say I'd leave because of gun laws. But there are places I won't ever move to because of gun laws: California, Illinois, and Wisconsin specifically. +1 on the above and Florida is nice this time of the year... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jdmakersmark 15 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I find the gun laws are a good litmus test for a state. I just looked at the returns on the last election the more red the better for me. Too bad I live in Maryland you can't get much more blue than this. As soon as I can find a decent job in Tennessee I am the hell out of Maryland. Now that being said I am fortunate to have employment in Maryland. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vbrtrmn 167 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) Actually, I had a friend move to California, last year. He moved back, because he didn't like the laws in general. I thought about moving out there a few years ago, until I read about their gun laws. I interviewed with Google and told the interviewer that I wasn't really interested in moving there, due to my disagreements with their laws; never heard back, oh well. Edited March 15, 2009 by vbrtrmn Quote Link to post Share on other sites
22_Shooter 1,560 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I think it also depends on where you are in your life. For someone who is "older", with kids, married, and has a steady career, it might not be as easy to move. I'm 25, no kids, still-not-sure-what-I-want-to-do-when-I-grow-up , and have lived here for most of my life. The minuses of moving, for me, are few and far between. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruffian72 548 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 Ever notice the anti-gun states have higher taxes, crime, and on average poor public education. It's sort of the mindset. Yes, rurally in those states not so much, yet are controled by population centers. Democracy-(Three Wolfs and a Sheep voting what to have for dinner) Yes, I have turned down jobs in anti-gun states. It's because the overall mindset. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Koliadko 207 Posted March 15, 2009 Report Share Posted March 15, 2009 I think it also depends on where you are in your life. For someone who is "older", with kids, married, and has a steady career, it might not be as easy to move. I'm 25, no kids, still-not-sure-what-I-want-to-do-when-I-grow-up , and have lived here for most of my life. The minuses of moving, for me, are few and far between. Well, I'm 44 with one 'almost' 15 year old son. Both older ones are grown (23, 21) and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up!! What keeps me here are the people I love. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zambon291 0 Posted March 16, 2009 Report Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Yes and no. I moved from california (LA) in 2000 for a job move up to washington state and ended up in Spokane WA. The gun laws in North Idaho were less invasive so i move 20min farther east to N. Idaho..... happy where im at now. Edited March 16, 2009 by zambon291 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
G O B 3,516 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 The Fascist gun laws here in Maryland are one of MANY reasons that I will move to Tennessee when I retire. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cma g21 3 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 ... No but seriously, I have a good friend of mine who jumped ship from California to Fl. When I asked him why, he said that he was sick and tired of stupid gun laws and he wanted to keep a similar climate to what he was accustomed to... Well Florida does have much better gun laws, but he may be a bit disappointed in the weather. The temperatures may be similar, but execpt in Winter, the humidity is much higher in Florida. Plus, no cool nights in the Summer*. *- In Florida, we have three of four months of 'Winter' (weather similar to what Fall is like for most of the country), with the rest of the year pretty much all 'Summer' (hot and muggy). Note: North Florida Winters do tend to run cooler than in South Florida. On the other hand, no state income tax (yet). I say yet, because with so many refugees from the socialist states demanding the same services they had before, it might be only a matter of time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scoutjoe 276 Posted March 17, 2009 Report Share Posted March 17, 2009 Even though I'm getting pretty hard-up looking for a job I refuse to apply to CA. Even though I really liked my trip out there I can't go into that willingly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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