Alphecca

I've never had to pay a fee for the background check in either New Hampshire or Massachusetts. I wonder if the dealer eats the cost of the check in those states?

Yeah, that's all good but I couldn't get used to the funny accents. I'd have to keep telling myself "just because they talk like that doesn't mean they're dullards."

Machine guns, .50 cal and explosives? Sounds almost as good as Idaho.

Let me know if you want me to put on a Boomershoot "next door" sometime. If you have the place and a few people to help out I can supply the rest.

Well, dealers charge $10 for the NICS, which is adminstered by the state. There's also a $0.001 tax on ammo. 100 rounds = 10 cent tax, in case I got the decimal wrong.

SayUncle was right on the TICS check fee, although the ammo tax here in TN is supposed to be $0.10/container, whether that container is a blister pack of Glasers or a case of Wolf, however you're more or less at the whim of the TWRA inspector's interpretation.

As far as moving to VT/NH?

The cold is bad enough, but in case you hadn't noticed, you're surrounded by yankees. All the gunbloggers in the world put together don't outnumber one weekend's worth of tax-dodging Massholes and summer-cottage-seeking Manhattanites. Put up a fence with guard towers along the NY and MA borders, and I'm on the next Greyhound.

Joe and Jeff,

Count me in for help if there's a "Boomershoot East" event in VT or NH.

Um...what Jay said.

Here in Utah, there is a fee, but if you have a curren CCW, that is taken as proof, and a background check is not required; I know some people who have gotten CCW's for that fact alone, even though they don't really carry a firearm.

I am thinking of NH over VT, simply because VT has, essentially, no IT related jobs. Being mainframe guy, I need the kind of business climate available in southern NH. Plus taxes are lower. Though I like VT better, I also like having a job better than not.

I am only waiting for two things: An elderly relative I help care for to pass on, and a little more gumption.

But if the USSC takes a 2A case and rules in our favor, (HAH-hah-hee-hee!, I'm so funny...), that may change. I could deal with the high taxes if my rights started to be recognized.

Uh, what Jay G and Bruce said.

And tomWright, there are plenty of IT jobs in Vermont.

Countertop:
I havn't looked recently, but last I did, mainframe jobs were non-existant. We're talking COBOL, JCL DB@/UDB running on MVS or z/OS. There may be some jobs in web based areas, but that is like asking a Detroit Diesel engineer to work in a lawn mower shop. OK, maybe a motorcycle shop for some.

The concepts may be roughly the same, but the differences are major. I could not pass a tech interview on web based tech like Java, PHP or Windows if you pointed that BFG-50 at me, that Jeff is playing with lately.

But I think we just thread-jacked.

In PA, the fee seems to be $5.00 per firearm as a point of data. I don't know who mandates this fee but it seems to be standard.

Where the money goes, I have no idea.

-A

My pistol club has it's own designated FFL. I buy my firearms and accessories through him at dealer cost. He only requests a tip to cover his time. No NICS fee either.