Posted on 02/21/2014 4:10:44 AM PST by harpu
Semper Fi, Doc.
MA - exporting tyranny from the massholes to the rest of the country again
Ed Markey’s last real job was as an ice cream man in Malden.
Let’s make sure that the Secret Service is the first to use this technology.
That was my first thought. Secret Service first, then require the police to use it. Then, once it's "perfected" require it of the hoi polloi. (This will NEVER happen!)
That was so long ago I'd bet even Ed doesn't remember.
Can’t this legislation be renamed to “Dual Class Weapons; Class-1 Unusable Weaponry for Citizenry; Class-2 Usable Weaponry for Criminals”
They managed to combine this BS with outlawing private sales.
MOLON LABE you bastards.
Let's have the police go first. If it works for them, great, they can keep it and still kiss my ass.
The issue of weaponry being a fundamental right is totally lost on Massholes and other Leftists. Yet, not surprising as these are the same people who want to geographically limit freedom of religion to the confines of a church (if then) and are A-OK putting government monitors in every news room.
HooRAH!
Long Live Big Brother!
IMHO
I think the proposed legislation should be amended to say that the technology first be used on, and only on, law enforcement officer weapons, for a period of two years. Then evaluate how well it’s working out!
It also doesn't matter if the technology works or not.
It is a crushing mountain of bureaucracy leveled at gun owning Americans. Antigun forces seek to make everything more and more difficult, and steadily chip away at what you are "allowed" to own, until the state has effectively disarmed you.
Note the almost religious zeal with which the antigun Left pursues its goals, and ask yourself if it seems like they have "safety" in mind.
Our rights, taken away by a thousand little cuts prefaced with “...any sensible action to...” Why do we have tens of thousands of laws on the books? Is life that complex? God only needed ten.
I'd make it a ten-year law enforcement test period. Also, I'd extend the requirements to cover police carbines as well, since every year there are several stories about police AR-15s being left lost or badly mishandled.
Not sure when the Lexington amnd Concord moment will be, but it's visible out there on the horizon.
Imagine if the “smart technology” included access from the web - like how you can turn unlock your door using your smartphone. It’s for your own good, you know, like a built in tracking device. Lojack for your gun. But then the gov’t can control your gun.
If anyone needs a refresher on what they are doing, study smoking or car safety. One little move after another. Each small step makes us less free.
Let’s make sure that the Secret Service is the first to use this technology.
So by executive order, as president, I hereby order the FBI to implement a plan to adopt this technology for all duty sidearms. The old guns will be sold by the CMP at market prices (by auction to individuals).
After five years of fully-implemented track record, we can discuss whether this technology would also provide a public safety benefit.
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