Illinois Democrats Move To Tighten Firearm Regulation/Restrictions...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny As the country struggles to understand, and come to grips with random acts of firearm violence by unstable and unbalanced individuals Illinois is already taking action to further regulate firearms. Like the millions of law abiding citizens I am torn between the right to bear firearms and finding the point at which it makes logical sense to restrict that right. In a modern society in which the tools of warfare are advanced beyond what the founders could possibly have envisioned, and the efficiency of modern armies are such that the citizens would stand no reasonable chance against the modern army, does the possession of semiautomatic assault weapons have any real purpose for the homeowner and sportsman? If deemed they do should they not be highly regulated and restricted to HELP reduce the incidents of tragedies like Sandy Hook? I certainly do not have the answers, nor do I believe the anti-gun crowd has the answers eith...
FoxNews reminds me of the GOP congressional hearings: they explain their side and interrupt and ignore
ReplyDeletethe other. If they tout the NRA line and say guns are regulated, come out this way: anyone can carry a weapon on campus but cigarettes are banned, cars and licensed and taxed and must be insured- the driver having passed both written and driving test and plain old pipe tobacco is taxed at $30/lb. You want to drive a delivery truck you need a CDL and requisite written/driving tests. You want to volunteer at the school-you need to be finger printed. Meanwhile, you may get your gun from Charlie the Fence, at any
frequent gunshow, over the internet, or build it yourself-then you may load up your home and vehicle with
as many as you need for 'protection'. Your physician cannot legally require if you have one, your are permitted to carry it into a bar, church, kiddy park or local parade. As far as a 'well regulated militia',
we have had one since the founding (and Scalia prounced that causative phrase as 'meaningless', so
we seem stuck with the ubiquitous boytoys (heck, they are in many women's purses too, one up north
went off while a mother was checking out at the big store and went through her baby daugher's head)
and if anyone dare mention regulation, however scanty, they are un-American. Nonsense, pure nonsense.