Offering the first significant gun legislation since the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on the District of Columbia v. Heller, (the landmark case outlining the legality of gun laws) Representative Carolyn McCarthy (NY-4) has introduced a commonsense bill that tightens the criminal background check system by requiring background checks for all gun store employees and dealers.Hey...wait a minute...that sounds word-for word like McCarthy's own statement...so much for hard-hitting independent watchdogging over at the Three Village Times.
I guess what this bill is about is--because there's a federal law against prohibited persons having guns--there needs to be another federal law prohibiting prohibited persons from having guns. And I suppose if that doesn't work, we can just keep adding layers of prohibition. Hey, when you're in public/private partnership with the "news" media, it doesn't have to make sense--they'll run interference for you and make it look like you know what you're doing.
Oh, and there's also a "fire sale loophole," just in case a dealer exterminated by BATFU for "willful violations"--you know, stuff like paperwork errors--wants to avoid complete financial ruin. This will make sure the boot continues crushing until the last bit of ooze is ground into the dirt. Because, you know, governments are instituted among men to secure the blessings of liberty...
I almost missed this part:
Thanks to Representatives McCarthy and Kirk, there are now bills introduced in Congress to fix these problems...That would be Mark Kirk.
You'll recall I pointed out how Kirk was vulnerable, and how gun owners could deny him that critical few percentage points to unseat him--as an object lesson to other turncoat republicans. Well, it looks like the one principled alternative is no more.
It's telling when non-"extremists" spread the meme that we "radicals" have given up on working within the system, when in fact, political options are introduced and they ignore them. So now 10th District voters can justify to themselves how pulling the lever for Gungrabber R is a lesser of two evils choice than Gungrabber D, and anything else will be a wasted vote.
The one question I've never seen answered: How far down this path of failure are we supposed to allow ourselves to be led?
[Via Buzz]
Commissar Carolyn McCarthy I understand, she is nothing more then a communist social misfit. but Mark Kirk needs to come clean and admit his love of Mother Soviet Union. He should renounce his Republican party and fully embrace the Communist Party U.S.A.
ReplyDeleteThe answer, David, is we are to cooperate until we are fully caged and subordinated in every sense to our betters.
ReplyDeleteDidn't you get the memo?
It had the header "If your tactics aren't moving you towards the objective, berate others who dare to suggest a change in tactics".
Being serious for a moment, got a note last night from a long-time activist w/ several substantive RKBA scalps on his belt. He too has fallen into the illogical assumption that those who support other means have abandoned more quiet, peaceful approaches - at least where the friendly path has a chance of success.
Sad.
I suppose if we keep picking at this scab long enough we'll get a nice scar.
ReplyDeleteIt seems to me that the "extremists" are the ones who work with our enemies while we fight them. I am pragmatic; understanding and accepting that this is a war. War is not won by helping or coddling the enemy.
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