7. MY LIBERAL FRIENDS CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THIS, BUT IS THERE MORE?
7. MY LIBERAL FRIENDS CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THIS, BUT IS THERE MORE?
Yes.
A -- There's one more point that no one raised, but it sure worries me.
The federal government introduces a batch of new terms here, and boy, is
that dangerous. Once they hand down a new legal definition, all sorts
of stuff starts coming down the pike because of it. If McCain-Lieberman
passes, how soon, and what do you think will be the next law dealing
with "special firearms event frequent operators," or "special firearms
event licensees" now that there are such things? Look what happened
after they shoehorned in the term assault rifle.
B -- Our representatives in Washington are debating McCain-Lieberman as
if it were a gun show loophole bill, though it's real effect is to
federalize gun shows, outlaw them without prior federal approval, create
a massive new bureaucracy, generate millions of new federal records
annually, license and register everyone in sight, and it makes crimes
out of all sorts of activity that creates no victims, hurts no one, and
is currently legal (private property sales from one innocent person to
another). Amazingly, direct criminal activity is unaffected by this
bill's proposals -- only legal gun sales and other legal actions would
be regulated and outlawed.
C -- I've also noticed that the mass media hasn't noticed. And that
every report they've made so far is grossly inaccurate, and they have
done nothing to make corrections. I've notified them of the errors of
course, but they've been unresponsive. I encourage you to notify them
too, any way you can, and be persistent.
D -- It also occurred to me that it makes zero sense to regulate private
gun sales at gun shows, if private gun sales everywhere else are
perfectly legal. But you know the drill on that. That's the next
"loophole" leftists will be gunning for. The mass media has kept eerily
quiet on this, but it's hard to imagine they don't recognize it. Why
upset the apple cart.
E -- You may also have concerns that the First Amendment right to
assemble, which gun shows represent for many people with similar
interests, would be severely hurt if McCain-Lieberman passed and gun
shows closed or were severely limited.
F -- The great and feared fire-breathing dragon, the much demonized and
powerful national gun lobby (often but misleadingly referred to solely
as the NRA), has been inexplicably mild on this subject, focusing
largely on minor matters, like the creation of differing definitions for
frequent and infrequent gun show operators, and a three-year-away
impossible-to-comply-with 24-hour checking standard. Someone ought to
let them know there are other fish frying.
There's probably more, but I need a rest.
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