In Like Flynn: What is Intelligence?
I'm not bashing the NRA. I just think they got it wrong. Indulge me with a mini-rant. IMHO, Senator Coburn and the American Legion are correct in their assessment H.R. 2640. I was a member of the VFW before the last time I went on active duty. I currently have no problem with the NRA except H.R. 2640. My dues was paid up about a decade ago. I have given very modest donations since then.
Whether it should be characterized as another camel's nose under the tent or a Trojan Horse, they should find another way to find relief from this NICS enabled, Second Amendment disability. IIRC, Senator Coburn trained in a family practice residency, and then he had additional training to be certified in obstetrics. He has a significant amount of training in medicine.
IMHO, there's a significant threat from electronic medical records and the tendency to expand politcally correct diagnoses that cause a permanent NICS disability. Various states wanted to prevent concealed carry privileges with all sorts of nonsense.
I thought the Turley revelation was a good demonstration of this point, as it only took 30 plus years for this 'Constitutional Scholar/ lawyer' to understand the plain English of tha 2A. IMO this was nothing more than..."see we really arent maliciously anti-gun, we just thought we were correct in our interpretation"
I'm no lawyer, but I do realize that if this becomes 'law', we will be dragged down a path of abuse and 'interpretation' of the written text for years to come.
Most every law pertaing to arms is an infringment by definition, better to quit adding layers of future disagreement, since we then must spend energies to fight those 'misguided' scholars instead of working to restore freedom...