{"id":51785,"date":"2015-03-05T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=51785"},"modified":"2015-03-04T22:18:10","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T04:18:10","slug":"orwell-would-puke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=51785","title":{"rendered":"Orwell Would Puke…"},"content":{"rendered":"

,,,at this proposal<\/a>, from the usual assortment of Metrocrat hamsters. \u00a0It may be the worst anti-gun bill, and the most toxic attack on civil liberty, in recent years.<\/p>\n

It would essentially allow any cop or domestic violence victim to claim you brandished a firearm and have the authorities remove all firearms from your house and person.<\/p>\n

Without even a hint of due process.<\/p>\n

I say again; without even a plaintive whiff of due process.<\/p>\n

Now, this bill is DOA in the House; Tony Cornish, a legislator who makes Ted Nugent look like Oprah Winfrey on Second Amendment issues, is chair of the Public Safety Committee; the DFL may as well deliver the bill directly to the paper shredder.<\/p>\n

So why do it at all?<\/p>\n

Politics<\/strong>: \u00a0Because Ron “Did You Know I Went To Harvard?” Latz is running the show in the Senate public safety committee, so it’s pretty much guaranteed a floor vote. \u00a0Which means a bunch of GOP senators will be on the record with “no” votes, which will be dutifully relayed during the 2016 campaign as “Senator X voted to give firearms to domestic abusers and people who threatened cops!” by the Alliance for a “Better” Minnesota.<\/p>\n

That’s my two cents worth, of course; I have no doubt that Ron Latz would love to send SWAT teams to the home of every law-abiding gun owner on principle, but the political realities don’t support it\u00a0right\u00a0<\/em>now.<\/p>\n

We’ll keep you posted.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: GOCRA is taking this bill very seriously, and so should you:<\/p>\n

Everyone has moments in life where things seem hopeless. A death in the family, a job loss, PTSD from military service, a divorce… Responsible gun owners know that a doctor or psychologist can help. But this bill would encourage doctors to trick you into signing away your rights!<\/p>\n

Imagine: there you are. You’re hurting. You go see a professional. He listens, then says he can help. He gives you a pile of forms to sign. Buried among them is a form created by this bill \u2014 one that puts you on the NICS no-buy list. “Voluntarily.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Call your legislator. Tell them this bill needs to be killed with fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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