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<blockquote data-quote="jackdogstar" data-source="post: 789437" data-attributes="member: 66624"><p>Here's the really insidious thing about these new laws. They make felonies of many innocuous activities related to guns. The Large Capacity Magazine provisions are a good example. Under the new law, you have to register LCMs with the state police. So let's say that somewhere in the pile of junk in your basement you happen to have a stray LCM. And let's say you don't even have what CT calls an assault weapon. You just have hunting rifles and this stray LCM. If you get caught with this, you can be convicted of a felony and lose ALL your "privileges" to own guns. (Yeah, I know. I thought it was a Right, too, protected by the Second Amendment.) </p><p></p><p>Everybody thinks they're gonna come, break down our doors, and do a mass confiscation of guns. But that's not how they do it these days. The way they do it is to make silly laws like possession of LCMs into a felony and then come and get gun owners one at a time.</p><p></p><p>I've been thinking about a legal response to these new laws, and I think what is needed is a federal initiative to pass federal legislation to pre-empt these state laws. Congress can do this via its Commerce Clause power. Federal pre-emption is an effective tool if done right. By way of explanation, the reason credit card companies can charge high interest rates despite state usury laws is that the Supreme Court found that federal law pre-empted state law. Trying to fight these state anti-gun laws on a state by state basis is simply too expensive and inefficient. And once you get a federal pre-emption statute in place, the rules of the Senate regarding 60 votes to break a filibuster make it really hard for anti-Second Amendment types to undo them.</p><p></p><p>I was at Cabellas yesterday, buying ammo before the restrictions take effect, (because FU, CT!). The lady at the counter made a good point. When I was a Boy Scout, getting to shoot .22 rifles was a big, exciting part of Boy Scout camp. Well, the Cabellas lady pointed out that with the new laws, they can't do that anymore. The laws effectively make it impossible for kids, like my eight year old son, to legally learn safe gun handling.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jackdogstar, post: 789437, member: 66624"] Here's the really insidious thing about these new laws. They make felonies of many innocuous activities related to guns. The Large Capacity Magazine provisions are a good example. Under the new law, you have to register LCMs with the state police. So let's say that somewhere in the pile of junk in your basement you happen to have a stray LCM. And let's say you don't even have what CT calls an assault weapon. You just have hunting rifles and this stray LCM. If you get caught with this, you can be convicted of a felony and lose ALL your "privileges" to own guns. (Yeah, I know. I thought it was a Right, too, protected by the Second Amendment.) Everybody thinks they're gonna come, break down our doors, and do a mass confiscation of guns. But that's not how they do it these days. The way they do it is to make silly laws like possession of LCMs into a felony and then come and get gun owners one at a time. I've been thinking about a legal response to these new laws, and I think what is needed is a federal initiative to pass federal legislation to pre-empt these state laws. Congress can do this via its Commerce Clause power. Federal pre-emption is an effective tool if done right. By way of explanation, the reason credit card companies can charge high interest rates despite state usury laws is that the Supreme Court found that federal law pre-empted state law. Trying to fight these state anti-gun laws on a state by state basis is simply too expensive and inefficient. And once you get a federal pre-emption statute in place, the rules of the Senate regarding 60 votes to break a filibuster make it really hard for anti-Second Amendment types to undo them. I was at Cabellas yesterday, buying ammo before the restrictions take effect, (because FU, CT!). The lady at the counter made a good point. When I was a Boy Scout, getting to shoot .22 rifles was a big, exciting part of Boy Scout camp. Well, the Cabellas lady pointed out that with the new laws, they can't do that anymore. The laws effectively make it impossible for kids, like my eight year old son, to legally learn safe gun handling. [/QUOTE]
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