The old "It's just common sense that if you license drivers, you should also license gun owners." routine. This is just a snippet as the rest is OT.
EDITORIAL
Guns and Power
Scott's measure stands alone as an effective safety program.
As the California Legislature heads toward a typically tumultuous climax today and Thursday, a few measures deserve special priority and attention. Chief among them is Assemblyman Jack Scott's (D-Altadena) bill to require Californians to obtain a license before they can buy a handgun. Prospective gun buyers would have to pass a written exam and a firing-range test with live ammunition before the five-year license could be issued. This is a strong safety measure that will save lives. It should become law.
Scott's measure faces a tough vote in the Assembly and a possible veto by Gov. Gray Davis. The governor has said he wants to give existing gun control bills time to work before adopting more firearms legislation. But Scott's measure stands alone as an effective safety program and is necessary regardless of how the new measures perform.
Scott is correct when he says, "It's just common sense that if you license drivers, you should also license gun owners." Senate opponents scoffed at such rationality. Sen. Ray Haynes (R-Riverside) claimed that a 16-year-old driving a car is more dangerous than a 16-year-old with a gun. He also, even more ridiculously, cited "misused" microwave ovens as more dangerous. The fact is that only guns are designed and made primarily to kill or wound.
Copyright 2000 Los Angeles Times.
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My letter to 'em:
For now, let's ignore the fact that the Supreme Court said that a right cannot be licensed.
"Scott is correct when he says, 'It's just common sense that if you license drivers, you should also license gun owners.'"
How much does your driver's license cost, and how often must you renew it? Well, the LA politicians decided the city needs more money, so your cost will now be $400.
Oh yes, they also voted for an annual renewal.
Outrageous? Far fetched? The politicians of Nassau County, NY just upped their handgun licenses from $60 to $400 because "they needed the money". (Strange, the editorial didn't mention California's "starting price").
Their clones in Massachusetts reneged on their "once-in-a-lifetime" handgun license promise and made it a yearly ritual. How soon will that five-year time span shrink to one?
You see, you don't have to be anti-gun to agree with gun licensing - just greedy. We don't have to worry about the BATF kicking in doors and confiscating our firearms. Our modern-day fascists will do it the American Way - Confiscation by Taxation.
Assemblyman Jack Scott's version, as the anti-gun people love to say, "is a good first step".
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"The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside
the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." (Romans 13:12)
EDITORIAL
Guns and Power
Scott's measure stands alone as an effective safety program.
As the California Legislature heads toward a typically tumultuous climax today and Thursday, a few measures deserve special priority and attention. Chief among them is Assemblyman Jack Scott's (D-Altadena) bill to require Californians to obtain a license before they can buy a handgun. Prospective gun buyers would have to pass a written exam and a firing-range test with live ammunition before the five-year license could be issued. This is a strong safety measure that will save lives. It should become law.
Scott's measure faces a tough vote in the Assembly and a possible veto by Gov. Gray Davis. The governor has said he wants to give existing gun control bills time to work before adopting more firearms legislation. But Scott's measure stands alone as an effective safety program and is necessary regardless of how the new measures perform.
Scott is correct when he says, "It's just common sense that if you license drivers, you should also license gun owners." Senate opponents scoffed at such rationality. Sen. Ray Haynes (R-Riverside) claimed that a 16-year-old driving a car is more dangerous than a 16-year-old with a gun. He also, even more ridiculously, cited "misused" microwave ovens as more dangerous. The fact is that only guns are designed and made primarily to kill or wound.
Copyright 2000 Los Angeles Times.
-- 30 --
My letter to 'em:
For now, let's ignore the fact that the Supreme Court said that a right cannot be licensed.
"Scott is correct when he says, 'It's just common sense that if you license drivers, you should also license gun owners.'"
How much does your driver's license cost, and how often must you renew it? Well, the LA politicians decided the city needs more money, so your cost will now be $400.
Oh yes, they also voted for an annual renewal.
Outrageous? Far fetched? The politicians of Nassau County, NY just upped their handgun licenses from $60 to $400 because "they needed the money". (Strange, the editorial didn't mention California's "starting price").
Their clones in Massachusetts reneged on their "once-in-a-lifetime" handgun license promise and made it a yearly ritual. How soon will that five-year time span shrink to one?
You see, you don't have to be anti-gun to agree with gun licensing - just greedy. We don't have to worry about the BATF kicking in doors and confiscating our firearms. Our modern-day fascists will do it the American Way - Confiscation by Taxation.
Assemblyman Jack Scott's version, as the anti-gun people love to say, "is a good first step".
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"The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside
the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light." (Romans 13:12)