In reference to the Gresham/Smith YouTube debate question you posted, I would like to see a post of your thot's on which 3 laws you think should go. I can't get my mind around the subject to answer. I need a more informed opinion.
This reminds me of the end of "The Time Machine," where Filby finds George has returned to the future after having taken three books from his library. There are many books, so it's impossible to tell which were taken, but they will be used to rebuild human civilization in a degenerate future.
"Which three would you take?" he asks Mrs. Watchett, the housekeeper (and, in effect, the movie audience).
I have a bit of the same dilemma with citizen disarmament laws, but since Sam didn't give me the option to say "all of them," here are my picks and reasoning:
GCA '68, which infringes on the majority of firearms transactions.
The Brady Act, and all requirements for a background check as a prior restraint to exercising a right.
FOPA '86 proscriptions against civilian ownership of full-auto firearms manufactured after May, 1986, and its redefinition of parts as a firearm. Why not NFA '34? Because I don't consider a tax as slammed shut of a door as an outright ban on ownership.
There are plenty of others--I'd love to get rid of the National Parks ban, gun-free school zones, Lautenberg...but these are the three I consider the ones that do the most damage.
Feel free to disagree in "Comments" and educate us all.
1. FOPA '86 MG Ban.
ReplyDelete2. Lautenberg Amendment. U.S. v. Emerson reached the wrong result.
3. Make NFA weapons "shall issue" -- i.e., eliminate the ATF-fabricated CLEO signoff requirement for a Form 4 transfer.