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<\/p>\nDeath came to me the other day as I was shopping for crackers.<\/p>\n
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No, not in the whole black robe and scythe get-up. \u00a0In fact, he looked a little bit like a Ryan Winker speech sounds.<\/p>\n
But I digress. \u00a0We started talking.<\/p>\n
DEATH: OK, so how about “death”? \u00a0Whatdya think?<\/p>\n
ME: \u00a0Well, I’ll choose life, if I have any say in the matter.<\/p>\n
DEATH: \u00a0Right, right. \u00a0No problem. \u00a0I’m all about the “win-win” – well, as long as I’m not walking around in the robes, naturally.<\/p>\n
ME: Naturally.<\/p>\n
DEATH: So how about a compromise. \u00a0We take “death” off the table, and settle for a concussion and a toxic intestinal infection?<\/p>\n
ME: \u00a0Er…that’s not much of a compromise…<\/p>\n
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This past week and a half, Representatives Paymar and In response, Representative Hilstrom<\/a> and Senator Ortman<\/a> filed good gun bills – bills that ratchet up the consequences for mis-using firearms. \u00a0Think “life”.<\/p>\n In response to the public revulsion at the Paymar\/Hausman\/Stalin bill and the legislative juggernaut behind the Good Gun Bill, Senator Ron Latz – the Senate Judiciary Committee Chair, who has been trying to position himself as “reasonable” on the issue for some time<\/a> – has introduced a head injury and a toxic infection of a “compromise” amendment to the Senate gun grab bill<\/a> .<\/p>\n Latz’ bill would take most of the provisions of the Hilstrom\/Hortman bill,\u00a0and\u00a0plop in all of the worst features of the Paymar\/Hausman\/Stalin gun grab bills.<\/p>\n According to GOCRA, the “compromise” bill would bring us:<\/p>\n Universal Registration:<\/strong><\/p>\n These bills would require universal registration of pistols and sporting rifles, implemented through a “universal” background check, — twice: The bills would require every sale of such guns to go through a licensed dealer, who would charge $25 per transfer. These transfers would still require a permit to purchase, for which the House bill would charge you another $25 annually.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Rights Delayed<\/strong><\/p>\n The bills extend the time that sheriffs and police have to process a purchase permit from five to seven business days, and allow the law enforcement official to fingerprint the applicant and extend the deadline to 30 days.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Easier Carry Permit Denials<\/strong><\/p>\n The bad bills would allow sheriffs the judgement to deny a carry permit on the basis of a subjective “likelihood” that the applicant was dangerous.<\/p>\n More Difficult Carry Permit Appeals<\/strong><\/p>\n The bad bills positively encourage abusive denials: they remove the sheriffs’ obligation to pay an applicant’s legal fees when a permit denial is overturned — a safeguard that has kept sheriffs departments honest, and bogus denials fairly low, for almost 10 years. The Sheriff\u2019s Association has not asked for this unfair reversal of law.<\/p>\n The bad bills also lower the sheriffs’ standard of proof of danger to self or other others from “clear and convincing evidence” to the mere “preponderance of the evidence.”<\/p>\n Due Process Protections Gutted<\/strong><\/p>\n The bad bills would remove legal protections against losing your firearm rights. Currently, before you lose your right to own a firearm, you must be convicted or committed by a court. Under the new bill, any involuntary hospitalization, even overnight, would disqualify you from owning guns indefinitely.<\/p>\n Making The Law Abiding Into Convicts<\/strong><\/p>\n The bad bills set a very low standard of proof for conviction of serious gun crimes, using the phrase “knows or has reason to believe” to convict sellers who reports a gun stolen, or who sell a gun to a person who later commits a crime.<\/p>\n More Difficult Civil Rights Restoration<\/strong><\/p>\n The bad bills increase the difficulty and expense for a person who has paid their debt to society to regain their civil rights.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Intersting how the DFL wants felons to be able to vote while they’re still in jail, but never have a chance of getting their Second Amendment rights back.<\/p>\n Hearings Tonight!<\/strong><\/p>\n The Senate is holding hearings on both the Good Gun Bill and Latz’ bill – I’ll call it The Polished Turd, since that’s about what it is – tonight. \u00a0Hope you can make it.<\/p>\n And keep on lighting up the phones at the Capitol, especially for members of the\u00a0House<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Senate<\/a>\u00a0committees involved. \u00a0Sources at the Capitol tell me\u00a0your efforts are making a difference<\/strong>. \u00a0It’s not even close; pro-Second Amendment traffic from Real Americans is crushing commentary from nannystate orcs. \u00a0This needs to continue, and accelerate. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\nMartens<\/del> Hausman introduced stupid, oppressive, constitutionally likely-dodgy gun grab bills. \u00a0Think “death”.<\/p>\n