2aguy
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Gun laws created by anti gunners have one purpose...to reduce access to guns for normal, law abiding people, since the anti gunners know that criminals don't care about the law.....
but.....anti gunners know that by passing gun laws aimed at law abiding people...they can use those laws to intimidate and punish people who want to own guns.......
The gun laws passed in New York and Connecticut...did nothing to stop criminals...but they turned law abiding gun owners, people who do not use their guns to commit any crimes..into criminals...who risk felony convictions, massive fines, jail time and loss of employment....simply for owning a gun...a Constitutionally protected Right.......
Op-ed: New Gun Laws Create Hundreds of Thousands of New Felons
NY and CT passed some very restrictive gun laws after the Sandyhook school shooting, a typical knee jerk reaction by lawmakers. They passed laws requiring people who own certain weapons register them and banned certain weapons from being sold in the state anymore. So after this grand attempt at nothing, what happened? The lawmakers unwittingly created 100’s of thousands of new law breaking felons, out of previously law abiding average citizens.
In NY out of the estimated 1 million assault weapons owned, only 23,000 people registered their weapons. Meaning that all those other gun owners are now felons in the state of NY for not doing so.
Most of the 23,000 gun owners who registered weapons in New York were thought to be law enforcement and government officials in and around the New York City area, who were required to comply with the law in order to keep their jobs, according to Forbes.
In the state of CT they estimated there were a total 350,000 “assault weapons” and only 40,000 were registered. Again, creating 100’s of thousands of new Felons.
So what did these new laws accomplish? Did they stop any crimes from happening? Did they save any lives? The resounding answer to all of those questions, “No.” All these laws did was take average law abiding gun owners, who would never dream of breaking any laws, especially a felony, and made them into just that, felons.
This is a perfect example of how knee jerk reactions to shootings, and passing gun control laws that make no sense, do nothing but create bigger problems. We need just the opposite of this to help solve the safety issue out there in America today.
Remove restrictive gun laws like “gun free zones” since we know they do nothing to stop criminals, and only disarm those law abiding citizens who obey the restrictions. Get rid of laws preventing open carry of firearms. It’s common sense that it is likely to prevent crime from happening when visibly armed people are around. Why do you think cops open carry? And stop requiring a license to carry a concealed carry firearm, it does nothing but make the act of carrying of a firearm for self protection unavailable for the people that need it most. Lower income Americans who can’t afford the license, and live in the crime ridden areas, become victims.
but.....anti gunners know that by passing gun laws aimed at law abiding people...they can use those laws to intimidate and punish people who want to own guns.......
The gun laws passed in New York and Connecticut...did nothing to stop criminals...but they turned law abiding gun owners, people who do not use their guns to commit any crimes..into criminals...who risk felony convictions, massive fines, jail time and loss of employment....simply for owning a gun...a Constitutionally protected Right.......
Op-ed: New Gun Laws Create Hundreds of Thousands of New Felons
NY and CT passed some very restrictive gun laws after the Sandyhook school shooting, a typical knee jerk reaction by lawmakers. They passed laws requiring people who own certain weapons register them and banned certain weapons from being sold in the state anymore. So after this grand attempt at nothing, what happened? The lawmakers unwittingly created 100’s of thousands of new law breaking felons, out of previously law abiding average citizens.
In NY out of the estimated 1 million assault weapons owned, only 23,000 people registered their weapons. Meaning that all those other gun owners are now felons in the state of NY for not doing so.
Most of the 23,000 gun owners who registered weapons in New York were thought to be law enforcement and government officials in and around the New York City area, who were required to comply with the law in order to keep their jobs, according to Forbes.
In the state of CT they estimated there were a total 350,000 “assault weapons” and only 40,000 were registered. Again, creating 100’s of thousands of new Felons.
So what did these new laws accomplish? Did they stop any crimes from happening? Did they save any lives? The resounding answer to all of those questions, “No.” All these laws did was take average law abiding gun owners, who would never dream of breaking any laws, especially a felony, and made them into just that, felons.
This is a perfect example of how knee jerk reactions to shootings, and passing gun control laws that make no sense, do nothing but create bigger problems. We need just the opposite of this to help solve the safety issue out there in America today.
Remove restrictive gun laws like “gun free zones” since we know they do nothing to stop criminals, and only disarm those law abiding citizens who obey the restrictions. Get rid of laws preventing open carry of firearms. It’s common sense that it is likely to prevent crime from happening when visibly armed people are around. Why do you think cops open carry? And stop requiring a license to carry a concealed carry firearm, it does nothing but make the act of carrying of a firearm for self protection unavailable for the people that need it most. Lower income Americans who can’t afford the license, and live in the crime ridden areas, become victims.
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