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A few questions about gun laws in America:

Can you be jailed in Texas for NOT owning a gun

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Its the law yes indeed. Google the old ad campaign "A 30-06 by Six or go to Jail. Its the Law."

and are you allowed to shoot any citizen of the United Kingdom on July 4th if they approach your property

Wrong country. Substitute 'anniversary of the Alamo' and citizen of Mexico and you're there. However, that law was changed as part of the Cinco de Mayo amnesty of 1974. Now both Mexicans and Texans can take an errant shot at any DamnYankee they find on those days. See, everybody wins!

Back OT, if your not an American citizen, but you're living and working there on a green card? work permit, can you buy guns?

Green card? We don't need no steenking green cards.
(yes I think you can)

Not sure on the laws for someone with a green card trying to purchase a firearm, but I know there a couple questions about it on the form, including if you are an illegal alien..

I think if you answer yes to the question about being in country on a work visa etc. theres another section that you fill out, but I dont know what the questions are or how it effects your ability to purchase the firearm, as I have always skipped that part.

From what I heard limits the selection an individual from certain types of firearms. Might not be able buy assualt rifles but an actual hunting rifle, shotgun, and maybe small caliber hand weapons related to hunting. This was a discussion I overheard a long long time ago.

IronWarLeg wrote:Not sure on the laws for someone with a green card trying to purchase a firearm, but I know there a couple questions about it on the form, including if you are an illegal alien..

I think if you answer yes to the question about being in country on a work visa etc. theres another section that you fill out, but I dont know what the questions are or how it effects your ability to purchase the firearm, as I have always skipped that part.

In Oregon a non-citizen can get a permit if they have been a legal resident for six months and declare their intention to naturalise.