Ranjit Singh at Bearing Arms has an interesting think piece on what can be done to strengthen the Second Amendment recognized rights of the people in gun friendly states. Singh recognizes that the anti-gunners are pretty much hardened into their positions. Guns, they think, cause people to kill other people. History will tell us a different story. People have been killing others since Cain killed Able with a rock. No gun needed. People have since been killed with fists, feet, clubs, knives, swords, spears, garrots, ropes, and on and on. Anything can be used as a weapon, even a plastic bag. The thing tying all these weapons together is the nature of man. The problem is not the guns, but the people. But anti-gunners don't want to recognize that fact, because it calls into question the whole of their philosophy.
You can find Singh's article at Five simple policy suggestions for lawmakers in Second Amendment friendly states:
At Bearing Arms, we have covered the post-Bruen tantrums in detail. The backlash is real and in states like New York, gun owners are worse off now than they were before Bruen. The goal of these tantrum laws is not to reduce crime or violence but to impede lawful gun ownership. What else explains imposing burdensome fees and training requirements, mandatory registration, licensing, etc., none of which criminals will ever obey, and then barring lawful permit holders from carrying almost everywhere by creating a massive list of “sensitive places”?
He goes on to list his five proposals, which include things like:
- Repealing all carry permit fees,
- Integrating the issuance of carry permits within the DMV,
- Repealing all gun, ammunition and accessory sales taxes,
- Subsidize and promote gun training in K-12 schools, and
- Pass firearms industry liability protection and anti-discrimination laws.
Of course, he just outlines the scope of these policies. I can tell that subsidizing and promoting gun training in K-12 public schools would be met with vocal objections, even if the curriculum was age appropriate, and parents would have to sign off on having their children taught gun safety at school. But all of these, and more are worth considering.
One very interesting policy prescriptions I think is:
2) Integrate carry permit applications and issuance at the DMV
(Full disclosure: I am repeating an idea I heard from Attorney Mark Smith at the Four Boxes Diner YouTube channel.) Local DMV offices are well-positioned to process carry permit applications. They have cameras, computers, desks, paper forms, pens, etc., and employees who know how to process driver’s license applications. Processing carry permit applications is well within DMV employees’ abilities. States with pro-Second Amendment majorities should add carry permit applications to the portfolio of services offered by their DMV offices, and advertise the new service loudly and proudly.
Much as I detest the DMV, and hate going down there on the few occasions I must, I find it even more onerous to go down to the sheriff's office every fine years to renew my carry permit. I think this is a great idea. After all, the Left has claimed that voting is a sacred right and that all people should be registered. Therefore why not register them at the DMV, The same arguments apply even more to a right called out in the Constitution.
I urge gentle readers to read all of Singh's article, and spread these ideas wherever you can. The right to keep and bear arms is not about hunting or sporting purposes. Those are just training for the real purpose, which is defense of self, of loved ones under one's care, of home and state. We are really supposed to be warriors as well as workers in the field. Oddly enough, the spirit of workers who are also warriors is embodied in the Navy's Sea Bees. The Sea Bee units consist of the various construction trades needed to build facilities wherever the Navy needs them in the world. But they also are capable of fighting to defend their positions. They build and they fight. Understanding what the Second Amendment is and does, we must strengthen and defend it as well.
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