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Correct phrase

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Wouldn't the correct phrase be "unlawful possession of a weapon"? Exploding Boy 22:43, 23 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (2007)

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Merged into Concealed Carry in the United States#Weapon possession Arthurrh (talk) 20:22, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

 Done

This is the diff from that merge: [1]. Lightbreather (talk) 23:51, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Requested move 11 March 2015

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The result of the move request was: PAGE MOVED as requested. Hadal (talk) 06:36, 25 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]


Weapon possession → Criminal possession of a weapon – This is what the preponderance of sources call it, as indicted in the article's first section's opening sentence: "Criminal possession of a weapon generally falls into one of several categories" --Relisted.  — Amakuru (talk) 12:48, 19 March 2015 (UTC) Lightbreather (talk) 23:41, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Current name does not make clear that it's about criminal possession.  Liam987(talk) 23:52, 11 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • This was not as US-focused until someone imported the firearm law section, but it was focused on English-speaking countries. I would much rather expand on it with material from other countries that make it yet another article about American gun politics. And this is about a type of legislation, like Knife legislation, so it should be named appropriately. Indeed Knife legislation is a specific subtype of this kind of law. My intention was to create an article and broadly covered legislation on all weaponry, not just guns and knives, as there are many laws about batons, brass knuckles, blackjacks, and even pepper spray.Legitimus (talk) 12:19, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • It's such a short article that it seems silly to me to restrict its ultimate scope to a single country. I would recommend moving to Criminal possession of a weapon just as most people above have agreed upon, and then splitting off a United States-specific article eventually if this article unexpectedly gets so large as to require a split in accordance with summary style. I would oppose any move to a title starting with the word "Lawful". Neelix (talk) 20:25, 20 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original proposed move. Yes I can see the arguments for "Unlawful possession of a weapon" or "Criminal possession of a weapon in the United States" but 1) I don't find them entirely convincing -- slap a {{Globalize/US}} template on it instead, or something -- and 2) would not want quibbling over details to prevent the move to an improved title. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Herostratus (talk • contribs)

Discussion

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(edit conflict)Raw google search (-wikipedia) results:
  • "Illegal possession of a weapon" - 60,100
  • "Unlawful possession of a weapon" - 156,000
  • "Criminal possession of a weapon" - 244,000
The first sentence of the first section says, "Criminal possession of a weapon generally falls into one of several categories."
The article's title was "Weapon possession (crime)" from May 2010 until November 2012.[2]
As written right now - with no references, BTW - the correct title is "Criminal possession of a weapon." Lightbreather (talk) 16:24, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Perusing search results for "Criminal possession of a weapon" -wikipedia -wiki, it seems that ~80% of results come from the state of New York. I guess that is how it's called in this legislature, but not in many others.
I disagree with the approach "as written right now". We should take a broader look what should be the natural scope of the article, and adjust the title and contents accordingly, not just treat the contents as given. No such user (talk) 16:51, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm confused as to the scope of this article, is it describing why criminals should not have weapons or something else? Plus there's also the people who are made into criminals because they are in possession of weapons (usually certain types of firearms) that are made "illegal" by legislation. This has been happening in the U.S. at least since 1934 and the National Firearms Act.
Plus, are we going to amend the title to include "United States" or is the article going to expanded to include the rest of the world? --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 16:13, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
It's worth noting that the entire article was merged into Concealed carry in the United States in 2007 (see discussion above this one), but must have been re-created in 2010. I imagine other countries have "criminal possession of a weapon" laws, but unless this article is going to be expanded, the title should probably have "in the United States," as Scalhotrod suggests. Lightbreather (talk) 16:29, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I started this article in 2010 having no knowledge that it existed prior to that. My intention was an article on broad subject of illegal weapon possession, which includes general possession as well as carry restrictions. This is a universal type of law found in every country in the world (and each of the 50 states in the US) except perhaps a few poor nations in states of complete anarchy (places were you can have a rocket launcher and no police agency will arrest you). The universality of this kind of law also makes sourcing a bit weird. There are thousands of sources on individual jurisdictions I could quote, but they only address those jurisdictions. Very few address the overall concept, but the concept is fairly obvious.
I found it sort of peculiar that it took five years for someone to bring this up. I think if the content were that contentious someone would have brought it up before then. That said, I am no professional writer and my worlding of the subject is not necessarily perfect.Legitimus (talk) 19:18, 12 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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History of articles Weapon possession and Concealed carry in the U.S.

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History of this article and Concealed carry in the United States:

--Lightbreather (talk) 20:16, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merge (2015)

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After studying the history of this article (above), what links to this article,[3] the history of related article "Concealed carry in the United States" (also above), I have merged/moved the text that was in a subsection there ("Penalties for carrying illegally," a subsection of "Legal issues") into this article - for now into a new section headed "Concealed carry in the United States."

I welcome any help in melding the text of this article with the "new" text, as well as summarizing it for the "old" page. Lightbreather (talk) 20:40, 14 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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