Word has it that the Democrats have settled upon scorched-Earth gun-control for their upcoming mid-term Election campaign. They seem to think that a predominance of the 'Murcian peeple will get off their Barcaloungers and go to the polls because gun-control is the central issue.
I think they're wrong. Here's a couple of reasons why...
Has anyone ever considered that the only people who obey gun laws are law-abiding citizens?
In fact, one could say without fear of retribution that only the law-abiding, abide laws.
And thus, any more restrictive gun laws would affect only those who are already obeying overly restrict gun laws. And the passage of ever more restrictive gun laws is certain as Polar bears dying by the thousands (get kidding about that! Sorry!).
Some states are worse than others. California, for instance, passes an average of 12 new gun control laws each and every year, and has for the past two decades. Did you know you cannot buy a handgun in CA newly manufactured after 2013 unless it offers "microstamping?" That's the uber-new, whiz bang, super high-zoot technology that permits a firearm to imprint a unique serial number on each and every brass case of the ammunition as its fired, so the fuzz can use its forensics magic to locate the perp's weapon after a crime. Sounds great, doesn't it? I mean, is this the answer to out-of-control gun crimes, finally?
I mean, so it costs a fortune and any Bad Guy could simply file off the serial number and go on about his nefarious bidness. It's still good, right?
It's so new, in fact, that it does not even exist! Isn't that the height of "Catch-22?" Requiring the implementation of technology that does not exist in order to permit citizens to avail themselves of non-approved items?
Non-approved by the State, that is. It doesn't have to outlaw the firearms with which it finds disfavor, which is nearly all of them. All it has to do is make it impossible to buy certain ones due to regulatory obfuscation. And then to make ammunition unaffordable, which it recently did. Imagine having to pass a Federal National Instant Criminal System background check (yes, Virginia, we already have one) each and every time you want to buy a $5 box of .22 shells? A $5 bit of beer can-killing pleasure will soon cost $30.
Oh yeah, and you can simply take a leisurely drive to Vegas and load up your trunk with .22s sans the background check. And then take them to the Swap Meet and sell them minus all the extra cost to all the other nice folks who've been hosed by the State. Like residents of NY State did when it hiked the tobacco tax by 400%.
Imagine if every time some bozo robs a BofA bank, all other BofA banking customers were penalized for that guy's errant behavior? Or if every time a Chevy driver gets a speeding ticket all other Chevrolets had to have speed limiting devices installed? But not Fords? Or if some lady spills coffee in her lap at MickeyD's and they have to stop selling coffee?
But not at Starbucks?
This is what's called the tyranny of the State.
And imagine one more thing: What if the 100,000+ million American gun owners, who possess in excess of 325 million guns, and more than One Trillion Rounds of ammunition, were actually guilty of all the evils the Left accuses them? Imagine if one day they finally get pissed off at being vilified and actually do what you've been accusing them of all these years? If so, it would seem to me it might be time for them to pack their bags and get out of Dodge, post-haste.
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