Nanny State Ping
Sorry, my friend, for a second ping to this, but I pinged the whole list before reading the entire article, which I highly recomend to you as it deals extensively with the California Homeschool ruling.
There is a Senate Bill 1200 introduced in Missouri (and several other states almost word for word, -collusion anyone???)
that makes it illegal to possess ammunition after Jan 1st, 2011, that has not been somehow stamped with an ID number, or sell ammo after Jan 1, 2009 that is not ID stamped.
Also provided for record keeping of purchaser name, address, Social Security # etc.
Provides a 1/2 cent tax per bullet to finance the enforcement and administrative costs.
Allegedly this crock of BS is supposed to help police keep track of firearms incidents, and trace back to the sale of the ammo.
Talk about nanny state! We are only barely scratching the surface of what the nanny state is trying to do in the name of “protection” racketeering sanctioned by our elected “friends”.
Thanks for the ping!
Gabz,
Thanks for the ping. I found the text below especially interesting, considering what we have been telling the nanny staters all along.
From the article:
“Here is the real kicker from Judge H. Walter Croskey, writing the unanimous opinion:
The parents in the instant case have asserted in a declaration that it is because of their “sincerely held religious beliefs” that they home school their children and those religious beliefs “are based on Biblical teachings and principles” . . . [T]hose assertions are not the quality of evidence that permits us to say that application of California’s compulsory public school education law to them violates their First Amendment rights. Their statements are conclusional, not factually specific. Moreover, such sparse representations are too easily asserted by any parent who wishes to home school his or her child.”
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Yep, the Righteous Right that has been so supportive of the destruction of private property rights and individual liberty have been celebrating the very tools that will be used to bash their freedom and liberty.
Damn the constitution!