Most of my magazines are all about cars. The vintage "Playboy" and "Penthouse" ones are under the bed. My "2nd Amendment right to bear arms" is when I wear a sleeveless t-shirt or not one at all. Be that as it may . . .
So, a key issue is that any law can be passed, but until FUNDING is also passed to implement and execute the legislation, it's meaningless. How many ammo owners are there in comparison to the number of "people" who might come and get your stash of firearms and ammo? Seems like the law enforcement people would be severely out-numbered!
To me, to talk about "the kids" not knowing anything is severely minimalizing what THEY have seen in their young lives, which is unfortunate. Although some might disagree. Be that as it may.
Rather than getting all paranoid that anybody might know how much ammo you're buying/stashing/hoarding, why not push for a psychological test of anybody buying guns instead? Another huge barrel of worms! The ammo just acts upon the desires of the person holding the gun. More research into what trips those shooters' triggers (mentally) so that we can all be safer. Unfortunately, one way to signal that something might be "wrong" is by ammo purchases, legally permitted or not.
But, too, record keeping is another issue. That guy who shot up the small-town church in TX had several red flags in his past, which should have kept him from buying ammo, much less a gun. But being a military person, everybody knew he should have known how to use a gun, so it happened.
The few times I've sent an email to an elected official, it comes back "Recipient mailbox full. Non-deliverable". In looking up a federal legislator who's on a particular committee, I've even found dialogue on their website that they want to hear ONLY From people in their district (who might elect them) rather than somebody else which might have an interest in the legislative proposals they have before them. In the SEMA links to legislators, they have worked, which resulted in a confirmation email . . . and getting put on their email list to tell you what a good job they are doing. A mixed bag.
When I was growing up an din high school in the later '60s, it was not uncommon to see pickups with a gun rack in the back window. With unloaded guns in them. As a normal situation, even at school. Even in gun racks in Jeeps of that era, no top or doors. It was a different world back then. If you had a gun, it was to serve some purpose for shooting at coyotes and such on the farm, shooting buzzards, or for normal hunting activities. When it got to where everybody seems to believe they need a gun "for protection" and target shooting only, that's when things started to change, from what I recall.
It disturbs me when I see a "guns rights" protest on tv, where I see plus-sized ladies with their young child in one arm and a shotgun/assault rifle in the other arm, it makes me pause as to what kind of signal that's sending. She might really know how to use it, even have a license to carry it, but to me, the optics of that scene is out of whack. A totally different thing when former TX Governor Ann Richards was pictures on a Harley holding a rifle.
Just some respectful thoughts,
CBODY67
. And yes, the sheriff will decide, PLUS its a permit FOR EVERY PURCHASE. Its always like...the general idea might be ..."okay" but... they overshoot because they want a 100% ban. And suddenly you are a criminal overnight because you can put 20rd in your mag instead of 5. Or...my 1911 with 7rds or a 6 shot revolver... This bill was done by kids who arent even eligible to buy firearms and now they want to take my right away? Not to mention all rich kids from Lake oswego.. and the senator sits in his $1.5mio mansion ontop of a hill with private security.
