Cascadia, while the belief that these leftist do not want to harm law abiding citizens is understandable, their laws and policies betray them. When they write laws that only affect the law abiding, how else can one interpret their intent? Look at SB 64 as another example. The idiocy in that bill is apparent to any sentient creature, except the Leftist that wrote it.
Well, I will concede he probably isn’t sentient based on his oratory and bills he has submitted, so I guess we can’t be too harsh. In that bill (SB 64) to be presented next session, he exempts LE and CHP holders from a mag ban on shotguns, exempts only LE from a mag ban on rifles and handguns, does not exempt anyone from a ban on his definition of “assault weapons”, and does not exempt FFL dealers and firearm manufacturers from any of the bans. I would love to see a rational explanation for those exemptions and non-exemptions.
When NY passed their “SAFE” Act in 2013, they initially did not exempt LE and military from their mag ban and LE went ballistic claiming they needed their standard mags for the safety of their officers. Would not the same hold true for the rest of the citizens of NY? LE are only citizens, they are not a special class, such as military. The irony in Saslaw’s bill is that he also does not exempt LE from the “assault weapons” ban. Do you really believe Saslaw would advocate prosecuting LE for not disposing of their “assault weapons”?
One other issue with his bill is that there is no time accorded to people that own these banned mags and firearms to properly dispose of them; so that if it passes, on July 1, you must dispose of your banned items or be a felon. Do you believe tossing them in the trash is a good idea? He gives people no options in turning them in or how to ensure these “bad” things do not fall into the “wrong” hands, which one would presume is the reason for the ban. That makes a rational person understand that the law isn’t about crime control, but only about disarming the law abiding.
None of the bills being proposed by the Democrats are directed at criminals and their illegal acts. Our Governor even publicly stated this past year that none of his “gun control” bills he is proposing would have prevented any of the crimes that he is mentioning as the reason for these “gun control” bills.
There was a shooting in Virginia Beach earlier this year in a local government building. The employees were disarmed due to employment policy. One of victims had a discussion with her husband the evening just prior to her being killed, about whether she should go against the policy and carry, as she was fearful of the man that ended her life the next day. She decided not to go against the policy.
Many mag bans state we should only be allowed 10-round magazines. The shooter in this case, as reported in the news from a police source, used two 1911 handguns with extended magazines. Nowhere was it reported as to how many rounds those mags held. We know why that is, because an extended mag for a 1911 holds ten rounds, the same number these anti-rights politicians claim will prevent these mass killings. If it were made known that the killer used ten round mags, it would completely invalidate their claims for “gun control”. This is yet another reason why we will not comply.
