Gun laws at work...

[sorrowmonkey]

Illinois issues Firearm Owner ID to 10-month old:

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/news/383197,dst-nws-d13.article


Excellent.

Comments

[parsedgarnish.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful.

... and it's not like it's a concealed weapons permit.

[mittenydoom.livejournal.com]

what is the story behind your icon

[kuzu-no-ha.livejournal.com]

That is fantastic

[ferriludant.livejournal.com]

I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, yes, great, a funny way around a family issue.

But on the other hand, I expect the confiscation crowd will latch on to it, and we'll hear about how lax the Illinois standards are, and how shocking this is, and all the rest of it.

[nrawling.livejournal.com]

Sorry it took so long for me to get back to you. I've been behind the firewall of doom at work, and last night the laptop never came out of the bag.

The photograph is by a photographer whose work I have long enjoyed, named Oleg Volk (http://www.olegvolk.net/). In addition to be being a talented artist, he is also an advocate for the possession of firearms. He does most of the photography for a number of pro-firearm sites, such as A Human Right (http://www.a-human-right.com/) and many others. He also runs a forum called The High Road (http://www.thehighroad.org/).

So, placed in that context... In 1938, Germany enacted some of the strictest and most effective gun-control laws that the world has ever seen. Many Germans and anti-gun politicians claimed that it would make the people safer. However, placed in context of the eventual genocide of the Jewish people in that country, there is some speculation that the gun prohibition made Hitler's job easier. Some admittedly biased information on this is available through Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (http://www.jpfo.org) as a review of Gun Control: Gateway to Tyranny (http://www.jpfo.org/GCA_68.htm).

I believe that removing the rights of the citizenry to own firearms (especially military-style firearms) is antithetical to the goals of a free society. If only villains and criminals have guns, it is much easier for them to dominate the lawful citizens. I like to think that if the Jews still had possession of their guns, they would have at least been in a position to fight their murderers.

The 1938 t-shirt is available from Liberty Outlet. (http://www.libertyoutlet.com/store/bystore.html?store=3) ()

[nrawling.livejournal.com]

On how "lax" the Illinois standards are? I certainly hope not. I think Illinois gets a "A-" from the Brady Campaign. That hardly seems lax to me, and I think even the Brady's would be foolish to bite the hand that takes away the guns.

In Illinois, the guy really was obligated to get the license, since the cops really do show up at people's houses and demand to see their FOIDs. Several well-known athletes and celebrities have been fined or imprisoned for possession of firearms without a FOID (usually within days of their expiration).

The insanity of the whole situation is that a 10-month old should need a license to own a firearm. Although you need a license to operate an airplane, or a radio transmitter, or a car, you don't need a license to own any of those things. It's madness.

Also, the confiscation crew hardly cares what the facts are: they will continue to say whatever they need to say to get what they what. The importance is that the voters figure out how much of it is true and how much is garbage.

Is a law restricting you to buying one handgun per month going to make your neighbors safer? How?

[ferriludant.livejournal.com]

That penultimate paragraph holds the core of my concern. Illinois getting an A- doesn't help the confiscator's cause, but A Ten Month Old Getting A License might, you see, if accompanied by the appropriate amount of handwringing.

Assuming your last paragraph wasn't meant to be rhetorical, the obvious answer is that the way in which it'll make my neighbors safer is that it makes it harder for me to legally purchase so many handguns that their combined weight cracks the crust of the earth beneath my house. See? Our lawmakers are protecting us ;]