Posted on 02/26/2013 8:39:21 AM PST by EXCH54FE
Charlotte, NC --(Ammoland.com)- Legislation introduced in Providence last week represents one of the strongest attacks on the Second Amendment in Rhode Island in years.
House Bill 5573, sponsored by representatives Linda Finn (D-72), Edith Ajello (D-1), Maria Cimini (D-7), and Christopher Blazejewski (D-2), would require all firearms in the state of Rhode Island to be registered – both pistols and long guns.
Current law specifically prohibits the keeping of such a list, and this legislation would directly overturn that law. Criminals do not use registered guns, and this bill would do nothing to address crime or public safety. Registration is a dangerous and costly practice that has proven to be a failure in other states and countries.
The bill would also require fingerprinting, and incredibly, gun owners would be required to pay a $100 fee for each gun registration! This amounts to a tax on a constitutional right. And because registration schemes typically cost much more than proponents claim, those fees will undoubtedly increase significantly. Failure to comply would result in a prison term up to 3 years and a fine up to $3,000. HB 5573 also requires that sold guns be “equipped with a safety device designed to prevent the unintended discharge or discharge by unauthorized users.” This vague requirement would put dangerous obstacles in the way of self-defense.
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Start charging poll taxes again. See how long that lasts. Yet half of today’s voters are way more dangerous than guns.
No, they aren't right. "...shall not be infringed." means just that, and loading up a fundamental right with paperwork, regulations, and taxes is an infringement. Just because people haven't realized that such onerous bureaucratic crap is an infringement, does not make it any less so.
Wowsers, you got me. I’m a leftist.
From a technical standpoint, the Second Amendment hasn’t been infringed. What they are doing is making the path to exercising the Second Amendment virtually impossible, but, the Amendment, itself, has not been infringed or touched in any way.
This is the game they are playing. It’s semantics and trying to pull the wool over our eyes because they think we won’t figure it out.
Gun owners need to fight.
if unsuccessful, they need to move.
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