A Mountain of Gold

"Were we disappointed we didn't get that [the amendment]?" Abraham said. "Yeah, but, all right, so you take away a stone and you give us a mountain of gold," she said.

Aside from complicating going off the grid and creating a near-useless bureaucratic registry that leaves out all stolen guns coming in from out of state, and aside from the fact that it reinforces all this nonsense as some sort of solution, here's the part I thought stuck out the most:

* Anyone simply possessing a firearm with an altered or obliterated serial number would be charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanor.

If zealously pursued, I can see this netting innocent collectors who might have some old guns that are showing wear, as well as people who bought a cheap old firearm in a private sale and never really noticed, or even heirs of old guns found in Dad's old trunk in the attic.

Of concern ought to be why the DA perceives a golden opportunity, especially since anyone who really thinks this pretentiousness will reduce violent criminal acts must be stoned.