Firearms feel way too easily available.
At $4,500 with no license requirement, any fresh character is able to just go buy a gun and go pop pop pop.
What I am proposing is a firearms license that is roughly at the same cost as your starting cash by an NPC at the PD or some other official government location.
This could be made available by some sort of judge or a higher-ranking police officer at a cheaper cost but with it would come with maybe some sort of short interview or questionnaire. I have a kink for character interaction. Something along the lines of asking about their understanding of stand-your-ground and castle doctrine, asking why they're buying a gun, etc which also serves to promote some neutral to casual interaction between civilians and the DoJ or the PD.
Weapon prices could either be lowered and offset by the license cost or kept the same to discourage stockpiling. I'm indifferent to this.
This would also help clearly draw a line between a lawfully possessed weapon vs an unlawfully possessed weapon beyond just certain kinds of guns being illegal. It would also force criminals, who perhaps had their license taken or are ineligible (perhaps due to felonies?) to seek out a new source of weapons, either through robbery, coercion, manufacturing, or some other means. Besides the back-end differences between different kinds of weapons, why would a southside gang member bother engaging with the illegal weapons trade if there's no risk to the availability of lawful guns?
At $4,500 with no license requirement, any fresh character is able to just go buy a gun and go pop pop pop.
What I am proposing is a firearms license that is roughly at the same cost as your starting cash by an NPC at the PD or some other official government location.
This could be made available by some sort of judge or a higher-ranking police officer at a cheaper cost but with it would come with maybe some sort of short interview or questionnaire. I have a kink for character interaction. Something along the lines of asking about their understanding of stand-your-ground and castle doctrine, asking why they're buying a gun, etc which also serves to promote some neutral to casual interaction between civilians and the DoJ or the PD.
Weapon prices could either be lowered and offset by the license cost or kept the same to discourage stockpiling. I'm indifferent to this.
This would also help clearly draw a line between a lawfully possessed weapon vs an unlawfully possessed weapon beyond just certain kinds of guns being illegal. It would also force criminals, who perhaps had their license taken or are ineligible (perhaps due to felonies?) to seek out a new source of weapons, either through robbery, coercion, manufacturing, or some other means. Besides the back-end differences between different kinds of weapons, why would a southside gang member bother engaging with the illegal weapons trade if there's no risk to the availability of lawful guns?
