The commercials being run by Bloomberg's group can be very effective on people who generally support gun rights, but who are not deeply involved in the fight. My parents are pro-gun, but mentioned that the idea of "universal background checks" seem reasonable. However they, and most people, don't understand how far this can go.
Here are some examples I used to great effect in explaining why the current proposed legislation cannot go forward:
- It would be a felony for an uncle to give his niece of nephew his old .22 rifle, without having a background check run on them.
- It would be a felony to take my kids to a relative's property, and then hand them a gun to target shoot while I am standing there with them, without having a background check done on them.
- In fact, it would be a felony to go out to a friend's or relative's farm and hand anyone, friend, child, or spouse, a gun to shoot for even a few minutes, without having a background check run on them.
- It would be a felony to hand a gun to anyone on your own property unless you were actually in the house or the area immediately around the house, without having a background check run on them.
- It would be a felony to allow another experienced, competitive shooter to use your gun at a sanctioned shooting competition unless the competition was run by a non-profit.
I took my kids and brother-in-law shooting at their place in the country this weekend and under the proposed law, I would have committed several felonies by allowing my properly supervised kids and brother-in-law shoot my guns on their property with their permission. When I pointed that out, they understood.
- This proposed law is not at all reasonable.
BTW- this is based upon my personal reading of Senate Bill 374 (and I am a lawyer), not any organization's talking points.
Here are some examples I used to great effect in explaining why the current proposed legislation cannot go forward:
- It would be a felony for an uncle to give his niece of nephew his old .22 rifle, without having a background check run on them.
- It would be a felony to take my kids to a relative's property, and then hand them a gun to target shoot while I am standing there with them, without having a background check done on them.
- In fact, it would be a felony to go out to a friend's or relative's farm and hand anyone, friend, child, or spouse, a gun to shoot for even a few minutes, without having a background check run on them.
- It would be a felony to hand a gun to anyone on your own property unless you were actually in the house or the area immediately around the house, without having a background check run on them.
- It would be a felony to allow another experienced, competitive shooter to use your gun at a sanctioned shooting competition unless the competition was run by a non-profit.
I took my kids and brother-in-law shooting at their place in the country this weekend and under the proposed law, I would have committed several felonies by allowing my properly supervised kids and brother-in-law shoot my guns on their property with their permission. When I pointed that out, they understood.
- This proposed law is not at all reasonable.
BTW- this is based upon my personal reading of Senate Bill 374 (and I am a lawyer), not any organization's talking points.