Zoom-boing
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Did anyone even bother to read the article? You all are as dopey as those leaving comments at the link.
The measure is known as an act to provide for an individual mandate to adult citizens to provide for the self defense of themselves and others.
Rep. Hal Wick, R-Sioux Falls, is sponsoring the bill and knows it will be killed. But he said he is introducing it to prove a point that the federal health care reform mandate passed last year is unconstitutional.
Do I or the other cosponsors believe that the State of South Dakota can require citizens to buy firearms? Of course not. But at the same time, we do not believe the federal government can order every citizen to buy health insurance, he said.
They don't want to require anyone to buy anything and they know it will never pass. They are making a point about the unconstitutionality of the hc mandate. If this gun mandate is ridiculous and out of reach then so is the hc mandate.
Ahh just more frivilous bill submitting, burning up govt dollars then?
It would seem so. They know it won't pass and are doing it just to make a point which doesn't mean much because it's up to the courts to decide.