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No Lawyers – Only Guns and Money writes of a CBS TV story this past weekend, wherein the Brady Bunch (not the Marcia, Marcia, Marcia! one) advocates Concealed Weapon Permit Holders need to be in a publicly-accessible database. Nationwide.
You know, like sex offenders.
I didn’t know that being a sex offender was the moral equivalent of being a legal, law-enforcement vetted, licensed gun possessor and carrier? When did THIS happen?
Is there an addition to the Bill of Rights with which I’m not familiar? Amendment the #$%, ‘The Right of Sex Offenders Shall Not Be Infringed?’ The post further states:
So Dan Gross believes that there should be a national database of concealed carry holders which is publicly accessible. Hmm, that sounds just like the databases of convicted sex offenders. Will CCW holders be required to notify their neighbors that they hold a permit? Will you be able to go online and pull up all CCW holders within a certain distance from your home? Will permit holders need to get the permission of authorities if they want to change their residences? Will permit holders by banned through zoning of residing in certain areas of a town because it is too close to a school?
I’m sure the Brady Campaign would deny that they want concealed carry permit holders to be treated just the same as convicted sex offenders. Nonetheless, a public, national registry would have a similar impact and that would make the gun prohibitionists very happy.
How about a registry for persons who avail themselves of Amendment the First? You know, like Dan Gross?
h/t John Richardson, CBS News
“legal, law-enforcement vetted, licensed gun possessor and carrier”
What honest purpose is served – for us – in any of the above? If gun ownership and carrying should legitimately be “law enforcement vetted and licensed,” why not matches, or screw drivers, or any of the other things that “MIGHT” be used to harm people?
The vast majority of people who own and carry guns do not harm others. Those who actually want to harm others do not present themselves to be vetted or licensed anyway. And the long history of un-vetted and unlicensed gun owners and carriers in various places and times proves that without question.
So, who and what is served by all this vetting and licensing? Not us… and not the cause of liberty or justice. And that would be true even if “law enforcement” was the perfect paragon of righteous action and benevolent intent.
Posted by MamaLiberty | June 1, 2012, 7:00 amAs always, ML, well stated!
Posted by guffaw1952 | June 1, 2012, 7:26 amThanks… was just reading this: ‘Hero’ at Seattle cafe threw stools at shooter
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/31/11994382-hero-at-seattle-cafe-threw-stools-at-shooter
So, the guy throws a stool and three people escape while three others are shot. Just MAYBE if the stool thrower had been carrying, he might have eliminated the threat much earlier and more effectively.
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“How Stawicki obtained the gun is unclear, said Reneé Witt, a Police Department spokeswoman.”
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And what in the hell difference does it make where the gun came from? It makes as much sense as trying to track matches and gasoline purchases after an arson. The damage is what matters, and maybe the motive, but the source of the tools is quite irrelevant as far as actually doing anything meaningful about the crime. And knowing the source won’t prevent any other real crime – you know, with real victims. So called “gun crimes” are the only point of all this tracking.
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“Whether he was legally allowed to posses a gun also remains unclear. Stawicki’s family told the Seattle Times that he apparently had mental health problems but that he had not sought treatment. Had he been involuntarily committed, he would have not been allowed to own a firearm, according to state law.”
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And this is obviously moot. Not being “allowed” to own a gun hasn’t stopped any actual violent crime that I’ve ever seen proven. People who are willing to commit assault and murder are highly unlikely to be influenced by “laws” prohibiting possession of their tool of choice, be it guns or matches.
Posted by MamaLiberty | June 1, 2012, 7:43 amDan Gross, and his ilk, including Senator Schumer, are the reason we have all these struggles. They simply do not respect us gun owners; think we are somehow mentally defective, and that they “know what is best’. There is no compromise with them.
I look at Hunter Safety Courses as an example of what works. Hunting deaths/accidents are rare, especially given the number of hunters. Anyone who has a firearm, in public, should have demonstrated they know how to handle it safely. Any effort in this area gives the “anti’s” an opening to run with their agendas.
As an example, after the Virginia Tech mess, the NRA lead the way to include mental health issues in background checks. Senator Chucky then tried to ride that horse hard.
Posted by WSF | June 1, 2012, 8:02 am[quote]
They simply do not respect us gun owners; think we are somehow mentally defective, and that they “know what is best’. There is no compromise with them.
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Hate to say it, but it’s not even that simple or benign. It isn’t that they “don’t respect us” or have the wrong idea about us. They know perfectly well what they are doing and why. It is a matter of CONTROL. These elite “rulers” truly believe that they own everyone else, body and soul. And they will use anything and anyone to maintain that control.
As long as we let them…
No “compromise,” and no quarter given. Until then, we’re all cattle – slaves.
Posted by MamaLiberty | June 1, 2012, 8:12 amYou do make a point.
Posted by WSF | June 1, 2012, 9:10 amIt is so important to remember and share that point! If someone just doesn’t understand you, you MIGHT be able to have a rational dialog with them. If someone is this clearly out to destroy you and your life, deliberately and with every power they can muster, there is no rational reason to hope for understanding or a change of heart. Then you just have to do whatever it takes to defend yourself.
Do we delude ourselves that we can “reason” with carjackers or gangs of thugs with knives and clubs?
Posted by MamaLiberty | June 1, 2012, 9:15 am