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Posted on May 6, 2019
Cory Booker wants to require federal license for gun owners
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I saw this article on multiple news sites. The problem with anything requiring licensing or increased back ground checks is that the only people that would follow the law would be law abiding citizens. Go a head and require a license, but they better have mandatory long ass prison sentences, with no option for pretrial deals.
Cory Booker wants to require federal license for gun owners
Posted from foxnews.com
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“My plan to address gun violence is simple - we will make it harder for people who should not have a gun to get one,” the senator explained.
And Senator Booker... who decides who should and should not have a gun?
And Senator Booker... who pays for the background check, and permitting process? My guess is you'll put the burden on the person who wants the gun.
_A person will have to PAY the government to exercise a constitutional right.
_The gun permitting fees, just like the tax code, will become a social engineering tool. When do we the governed get to vote on the fee schedule of a government agency. Anti-gun political elite will use fee schedules to restrain the right of the financially disadvantaged. You know the people that don't live in gated communities and who don't have security forces to augment the police response.
And Senator Booker... what is the average response time for an armed response to an armed threat in your constituency, among those who don't live in gated secured communities.?
And Senator Booker... who decides who should and should not have a gun?
And Senator Booker... who pays for the background check, and permitting process? My guess is you'll put the burden on the person who wants the gun.
_A person will have to PAY the government to exercise a constitutional right.
_The gun permitting fees, just like the tax code, will become a social engineering tool. When do we the governed get to vote on the fee schedule of a government agency. Anti-gun political elite will use fee schedules to restrain the right of the financially disadvantaged. You know the people that don't live in gated communities and who don't have security forces to augment the police response.
And Senator Booker... what is the average response time for an armed response to an armed threat in your constituency, among those who don't live in gated secured communities.?
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Redundant.
Every state in the union already requires a license and background checks of some sort.
Last I saw, this was not an enumerated power of the federal government. What's next, federal marriage licenses? Federal license plates? Federal driver's licenses?
I admire the desire to do something about the problem. However, I also call bullshit on the ingenuousness of this proposal. Where was it last year when he wasn't running for President?
He's been a Senator for a while.
Every state in the union already requires a license and background checks of some sort.
Last I saw, this was not an enumerated power of the federal government. What's next, federal marriage licenses? Federal license plates? Federal driver's licenses?
I admire the desire to do something about the problem. However, I also call bullshit on the ingenuousness of this proposal. Where was it last year when he wasn't running for President?
He's been a Senator for a while.
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Capt Gregory Prickett
That statement is not correct. Texas does not require either to purchase or possess a firearm. Neither do Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Of the other 23 states that require either, not all of them require both. For example, in Minnesota, you have to have a license to purchase a handgun from an FFL dealer, but you don't when buying from an individual, nor is there an ownership license or a background check for private sales.
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Capt Gregory Prickett so what would this fix, besides getting the federal government involved in something it hasn't felt the need to do for 233 years?
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Capt Gregory Prickett and you don't address my central points about this not being an enumerated power, as gun sales are seldom interstate commerce
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Capt Gregory Prickett
1SG (Join to see) - who said that it would fix anything? First, the proposal is not going to pass, and second, you still have the Second Amendment to deal with. As far as not being an enumerated power? Sure it is, under current case law. It falls under Art. I, sec. 8, cl. 3., and under Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942), Congress has the authority to regulate acts that occur completely in one state if they have the potential to affect other states. An enumerated powers argument is a loser at court.
My post was not in support of Booker, he's a gun control idiot. My post was to correct the record, that the proposal wasn't redundant, and that not all states (not even a majority) require a license and background checks.
My post was not in support of Booker, he's a gun control idiot. My post was to correct the record, that the proposal wasn't redundant, and that not all states (not even a majority) require a license and background checks.
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I guess we need to conduct a Federal Investigation into the Obama gun running operation to see if they had a Federal License to provide evil black assault looking weapons to foreign individuals with a known criminal history.
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