Gun control the Daley way

Legislation backed by Daley that would limit the number of pistols people can buy and set up a licensing system for gun dealers failed Tuesday in a state Senate committee.

So, let's see here. Mayor Daley wants to set up a separate state-level licensing structure for gun dealers. This will accomplish...

Add another hassle to the already long list of hassles already required to become a firearms dealer.
Add another fee to gun dealers, increasing the cost of firearms
Add another paperwork crime to charge "undesirable" dealers with
Duplicate the extensive federal licensing system already in place.
Create another expensive enforcement beaurocracy.
All of the above.

Somehow, I just can't work up any enthusiasm for that.

The Senate Judiciary Committee also voted against requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen weapons, part of a broader bill to tighten laws on unlawful use of weapons.

What they actually did was vote against requiring gun owners to report lost or stolen guns within 48 hours or face criminal charges. In principle, reporting a lost or stolen gun may be a good idea if you are sure you can't recover it yourself; the police may be able to return it to you, or at worst, charge the criminal who stole it.

But there are serious problems with attaching criminal penalties for failure to do so. Aside from the injustice of throwing someone in jail for failure to file the proper paperwork, how exactly will locking up victims of crime solve anything? Were they "asking for it"? Owning guns in a "provocative manner"?

Posted on 2005-03-04 11:16:46.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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