night_son
Diamond Member
The article:
Proposed bill would require background check for sale of ammunition in Pennsylvania
From the article:
"HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state lawmaker has re-introduced legislation to require background checks on gun ammunition sales. Pennsylvania currently does not have any regulating law for the sale, purchase or possession of ammunition.
The bill would only allow licensed firearm dealers to sell ammunition and would allow businesses to use existing licenses to sell both firearms and ammunition. Right now, Pennsylvanians who are prohibited from buying a gun can still purchase ammunition. "
OP Commentary:
Proponents of such legislation want us to believe measures such as these are put into effect to protect us from already convicted criminals. But a growing segment of the general populace, myself included, believe such proposed and on the books laws are intended to limit law abiding citizens' ability to readily defend themselves and easily provide food in the form of game for their families.
If a criminal has never been caught—let alone convicted, bills such as this one prevent no gun crime. Further, who gets to set the standard for "qualifications" to own firearms and purchase ammunition? Who can we trust with such an important determination? Could such standards be politicized by one political party to prevent members of the opposition from easily acquiring the means to defend themselves? Considering the stark polarization between the competing political ideologies of our day, that seems like a given.
There is no more fundamental and important right in a free society than the unregulated ability to defend one's self and one's family from danger in any form. Bills such as this one represent obvious efforts to punish citizens possessed of the "wrong" political beliefs.
Let's hope this one is dead on arrival.
Proposed bill would require background check for sale of ammunition in Pennsylvania
From the article:
"HARRISBURG, Pa. — A state lawmaker has re-introduced legislation to require background checks on gun ammunition sales. Pennsylvania currently does not have any regulating law for the sale, purchase or possession of ammunition.
The bill would only allow licensed firearm dealers to sell ammunition and would allow businesses to use existing licenses to sell both firearms and ammunition. Right now, Pennsylvanians who are prohibited from buying a gun can still purchase ammunition. "
OP Commentary:
Proponents of such legislation want us to believe measures such as these are put into effect to protect us from already convicted criminals. But a growing segment of the general populace, myself included, believe such proposed and on the books laws are intended to limit law abiding citizens' ability to readily defend themselves and easily provide food in the form of game for their families.
If a criminal has never been caught—let alone convicted, bills such as this one prevent no gun crime. Further, who gets to set the standard for "qualifications" to own firearms and purchase ammunition? Who can we trust with such an important determination? Could such standards be politicized by one political party to prevent members of the opposition from easily acquiring the means to defend themselves? Considering the stark polarization between the competing political ideologies of our day, that seems like a given.
There is no more fundamental and important right in a free society than the unregulated ability to defend one's self and one's family from danger in any form. Bills such as this one represent obvious efforts to punish citizens possessed of the "wrong" political beliefs.
Let's hope this one is dead on arrival.