Deborah Ross used to be my State House representative. With changing district lines, she was promoted up to the U.S. House, while Riley Nickel is now my representatives. But I digress. It seems that Ms. Ross is up to her old tricks, but now at the national level. Tom Knighton has the story at Bearing Arms entitled NC Democrat Wants Mandatory Storage Law.
The first thing I wonder about is just how does she intend to enforce such laws? Will she have police come around and hold surprise inspection of homes and storage conditions? And what does she consider "in use"? And what does she mean by safer? For whom? There are other considerations that Knighton mentions as well.
The term "mandatory storage" is far more accurate.
And, to be honest, it's a terrible idea. While I support people securing their guns when not in use, most laws don't really account for "in use" the same way you or I might, particularly with regard to self-defense.
Believe me, when you hear the loud noise in the middle of the night, you don't want to have to fool with keys or a combination in order to get your firearm.
Ross claims:
A North Carolina lawmaker is calling for safe storage laws to keep guns out of the hands of children. In a partisan Judiciary Committee hearing this week, U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC) testified something needs to be done to save American lives.
“In North Carolina, guns are now the leading cause of injury or death for children surpassing car accidents and one of the reasons for this tragedy is the lack of safe storage across the country,” said Ross, who represents the 2nd District, most of which is in Wake County.
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Speaking in a partisan hearing in Philadelphia this week, Ross cited the October 2022, Hedingham neighborhood mass shooting in Raleigh as an example.
“The shooter was a 15-year-old that took a firearm that he used to kill five people from his family home, and it was left unsecured,” she said.
Children having access to guns is something she said she would like to see changed. Nationally, Ross says 70 percent of school shootings are committed by children who have access to unsecured guns in their home.
Knighton notes that Ross's statistics are cherry picked, or worse, include as "childeren" 18 and 19 year olds, who are often killed during gang and criminal activity. But that is par for the course for gun grabbers. Gentle readers should read the entire article. I don't think this is going anywhere. What Deborah Ross wants at the moment is to create something to talk about to fire up her base. But really, it is a safe seat for Democrats, and Ross is likely to be able to retire in the job. More's the pity.
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