THE OLD COMPROMISE TRICK AGAIN
Worse yet, the registration is not a one-time deal. It would require a new background check ... and then the registration would have to be renewed (with another new background check) every year.
It makes the New York SAFE act look positively permissive by comparison.
See, that's the dynamics of compromise they are so good at setting up and we keep falling for. The "compromise" here would be "OK, we'll be reasonable and drop the annual requalification," and we say, "Well, OK." *
And there's another chip off our fundamental right.
As I said elsewhere
in re the NRA back in 1968:
And the NRA had not yet learned the dynamics of compromise... that is, "they" say "let's do this, 100% on the outrageous scale," and we say, "no, but we'll go for 50%, and a "compromise" is therefore reached.
And we have lost 50% anyway.
Same-o same-o. It still works.
And as I also said before, Bloomberg's a powerhouse.
Terry, 230RN
*This is illustrative, and not to be taken literally, but that's how it works.