These are wonderful points. Who in their right mind could support such nonsense. Gun-rights activists must be laughing all the way to the shooting range because of these laws.Florida earned an abysmal three out of 100 points on the Brady Campaign’s 2011 scorecard. The state places no limit on bulk purchases of handguns, does not require firearm owners to report lost or stolen guns, has not closed the notorious gun-show loophole, does not require safety training or fingerprinting prior to purchase and does not ban large capacity magazines. The list goes on. Florida also received a special demerit for passing a gag rule, which forbids health care practitioners from inquiring about the presence of firearms in the home. (A Miami judge ruled it unconstitutional.)At the federal level, we have the charming Tiahrt Amendments, which require the Justice Department to destroy approved background checks within 24 hours (this makes it harder to catch dealers who falsify their records, and harder to track straw purchasers). These amendments also prohibit state and local law enforcement from using gun trace data in civil proceedings, to revoke the license of a dealer who was caught breaking the law.
As the article mentioned, most of these laws have nothing to do with preserving the 2nd Amendment. They go far beyond any question of rights.
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"At the federal level, we have the charming Tiahrt Amendments, which require the Justice Department to destroy approved background checks within 24 hours (this makes it harder to catch dealers who falsify their records, and harder to track straw purchasers)..."
ReplyDeleteFalse, it does neither.
"These amendments also prohibit state and local law enforcement from using gun trace data in civil proceedings,"
True. law enforcement should only concern themselves with criminal proceedings which Tiahrt does not impede.
"...to revoke the license of a dealer who was caught breaking the law."
Again, false. Tiarht does nothing to impede the ATF from revoking licenses.
Funny how people like Rosenthal have to lie and intentionally mislead so much but then, when the truth isn't on your side...
You're spinning it, FWM. The man made perfect sense in his description.
DeleteAnd proposing ridiculous gun control measures that would do no good isn't spin?
DeleteWhy does this snobbish prig single out Florida? Go look at the Brady Bunch's scorecard and map. Note how the country gets redder and redder every year? Note how scores in most states are dropping like support for gun control? Some states even got a zero score--a badge of honor that Arkansas has yet to earn.
ReplyDeleteI just had a look at the Brady Bunch map. They've changed their color scheme. Red is still good, but the bad color is now green. (That's my way of thinking. Brady, et al., see things the opposite way.) A few months ago, I had to write to them to get them to correct a map. They said that Wyoming and Vermont don't require a license to carry a handgun, but on the map, they highlighted Colorado and New Hampshire. Apparently, the Brady Bunch would lose at "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?"
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