Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Unintended Consequences of Proposed LA Law

Yesterday, I posted about a proposed Los Angeles law that would require gun owners to report stolen firearms under threat of punishment.

If I thought their true agenda was public safety, I'd be surprised that the most obvious unintedned consequence of this measure has been missed: It will not affect the class of people who commit "gun violence," since most criminals do not legally "own" their guns. They would actually be immune to complying for another obvious reason: If they reported a stolen gun they were not legally eligible to possess, they would be in a position where local law requires them to incriminate themselves, that is, the City is presuming authority to override Constitutional Fifth Amendment protection.

On the plus side, I suppose anyone defying California's evil militia weapon ban could also claim similar immunity were their unregistered firearms stolen...

Change of Attitude Needed in Gun Sales

More "anti" hysteria lauding the Bloomberg stings from the Reading Eagle.

There's a comment form link at the bottom of the editorial.

Use it and help change some attitudes.

Prosecute Bloomberg Under RICO Act?

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg should be investigated for obstruction of justice, and possibly prosecuted under the federal RICO statutes, for his headline-hunting "sting" operation of alleged law- breaking gun dealers, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today.
Good.

Be nice to see someone outside the "gun community" making noise about this...

Now THOSE are Curious Search Terms

File this under WTF? Someone from Peru visited WarOnGuns yesterday after looking for a string of words I'm not entirely comfortable with...



Yeesh!

This Day in History: May 24

On this day in 1775, John Hancock is elected president of the Second Continental Congress.
And here's a tardy link for May 23 in History

LA: HB 89 Passes Senate

The Louisiana Senate passed House Bill No. 89 with 36 yeas and no nays (three senators were absent).

On Monday, the House approved the bill 98 to 0.
Under HB89, the courts would be required to assume the use of deadly force was reasonable if the victim illegally broke into someone’s home, vehicle or business. The person shooting an intruder also would no longer have to show an attempt to retreat under the legislation.
Look for more ridiculous "License to Murder" hysteria from the collectivists. Now if Ray "Chocolate City" Nagin would just give citizens their guns back...

Text of Bill

Senate Votes

House Votes

[Thanks to Lee McGee]