Hi Guys,
I stumbled across this thread quite by accident as I was researching this very topic!
I am a very recent (2 weeks) Green Card holder. We moved to the States 2 years ago, and rapidly fell in love with the place and the people - It has taken us from December '07 till now to finally get our LPR status, and many many $1000.
We fully intend to apply for our Citizenship after the mandatory 5 year wait. The wait I do not mind, gives the authorities time to establish if we are worthy......all we really have to do is keep filing those taxes, and remain out of trouble with the law - we managed to do that for 38 years in England without too much trouble.
We will have dual Nationality as the UK does not recognise the US pledge as legal in the UK...We'd have to renounce our citizenship to a UK official (yes we are citizens, not subjects - I'll take a pic of the page in my passport if ya interested) That would restrict our access into the UK obviously (all our family are there), and very likely impact our access to the state pension we contributed too for soooo long. So rather than it being a snub to our new home, it's just being pragmatic.
One of the very exciting thing about coming to the USA for me was the refreshingly liberal Gun laws....within a week of me arriving I joined the NRA....I was a member of the National Pistol Association back in the UK in the 90's, just before Dumblane sealed the fate of Handguns in the UK....That was a sad time!
Now prior to my GC, I was able to purchase Long Guns here, there is an exception in the regulations that allows non-immigrant visa holders to obtain long guns if they are in possession of a valid state hunting permit. I'm the proud owner of a Henry .44 mag, 20 gauge 870, and a 10/22 (that I am about to give to my son as a squirrel gun).
Now I have my GC, I want to purchase a hangun, which in Indiana I can do, I also want to conceal carry, for the very same reasons you guys wanna conceal carry. I can't quite seem to establish if as a dreaded non-citizen I'd be allowed to do so, tried emailing the State Police, nothing yet - Any of you guys know if I'm in luck, or failing that if I could obtain a hunting and target permit??