🚀 go-pugleaf

Marcus commented in a recent post that harsher gun laws would be coming
down the pike, it's just a question of when.

Personally, I hope (perhaps futilely) that any further gun legislation is
well thought out, with an eye towards not inconveniencing legitimate gun
owners...and gaining their trust.  And not abusing it, later.  (Of course
I'd rather that further laws weren't enacted at all, particularly at the
national level...)

Let's face it, the majority of gun owners share the concern with crime
in our society.  However, we've also been burned more than once and so 
are forced to be defensive regarding our rights, rather than form a
united front with non-gun owners in an effort to battle crime.

Look at recent gun legislation and the aftermath of each change.  For
instance, the assault weapon registration laws enacted in New York City, 
New Jersey, etc.  A lot of gun owners dutifully complied with these laws 
and were later burned, when the registration lists were used to force 
those same people to turn in or dispose of their guns.

Then there's Virginia, which initiated one of the first instant background
checks in the nation.  Since then, however, New York City (in a fit of
avoiding blame for its own problems) claimed that guns from Virginia were
flooding the city.  The result?  That same background check will be used
to implement de facto registration, as part of Virginia's new Gun a Month
law.

When has a state ever been honest enough to admit that a gun control
law does not work and revoked it?  The tendency is towards increased
waiting periods, despite the fact that waiting periods have never been
proven to prevent or reduce crime?  Over 20,000 gun laws exist at the
national, state and local levels and STILL they're not being thought
out carefully.

    don
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