Thursday, May 10, 2007
New Bill in Senate Denies Weapons to Dangerous Terrorists
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), a real enemy of the Second Amendment, has introduced legislation, S 1237, the Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2007. Sounds like a good idea, but I wonder how we know they are Dangerous Terrorists as opposed to, say, Nice Terrorists, and what about the Merely Menacing Terrorists? Can they buy a gun or some C-4?
It doesn't seem to add to the form 4473 for purchasing firearms through the Instacheck system any question about whether the purchaser is a dangerous terrorist or not. I guess they figured a bona fide dangerous terrorist would lie about it anyway. It just allows the Attorney General to veto the sale based on intelligence he needn't pass on to the Dangerous Terrorist waiting patiently at the gun store.
I fear this law will not be as useful and tough as its 'short' title implies.
It doesn't seem to add to the form 4473 for purchasing firearms through the Instacheck system any question about whether the purchaser is a dangerous terrorist or not. I guess they figured a bona fide dangerous terrorist would lie about it anyway. It just allows the Attorney General to veto the sale based on intelligence he needn't pass on to the Dangerous Terrorist waiting patiently at the gun store.
I fear this law will not be as useful and tough as its 'short' title implies.
Labels: Firearm Ownership Restrictions
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:18 AM 
