Ban handguns? Supreme Court taking a new look, page 4

Originally posted by Miraj
I think the federal govt. has had too many restrictions already.

Not just the federal government — each state also applies its own gun restrictions, as does local government. Such that there are over 20,000 federal, state and local gun restrictions currently on the books in the USA. More like 23,000, I think.

Now, I can tolerate some local gun laws, inasmuch as the community knows what's best for the community, and a community is more likely to fairly enforce laws specific to that community. Everyone in the community has a vested interest in protecting the community; plus the community knows how much law they can AFFORD to enforce, which has a distinct bearing on whether the laws are ratified in the first place.

Let me give you an example: The state of Montana has one of the most heavily-armed civilian populations in the country. I think the average is, like, 9 firearms per household — please feel free to correct me on that, it may be more.

Now, when the Clinton Administration tried to implement even more federal gun control legislation back in the 1990s, the law enforcement community of Montana pretty much told the federal government to go to hell. See, Montana doesn't have much crime — gee, I wonder why? — and, accordingly, the Montana law enforcement community is rather small compared to other states.

I mean, it's a big state with a relatively diminutive law enforcement community. Frankly, they don't need a lot of law enforcement, for obvious reasons.

Montana's problem was that the federal government's gun control regulations called for extraordinary law enforcement procedures. Montana didn't have enough money or manpower to implement these extraordinary procedures, which included door-to-door searches for firearms violations. Beyond that, if you go door-to-door looking for firearms violations in Montana, there's a good chance you won't come back.

Montana law enforcement told the federal government to stuff it in their ass.

See, the community knew what was best for the community in Montana. The citizenry were heavily armed, the crime rate was low, and the small law enforcement community was perfectly happy with that situation. Who wouldn't be?

That's why federal gun control restrictions — written and passed by a bunch of fat liberal imbeciles in Washington, DC, who are chauffeured everywhere by armed bodyguards at taxpayer expense — are an imposition on law-abiding communities all across the country.

The federal government is so out-of-touch with America, and so out-of-touch with the U.S. Constitution, these idiots "inside the loop" think they can push any ridiculous demand on the States and the citizenry, and we'll just meekly comply.

That's why I was never prouder than when Montana stood up to the central government and told them to butt out and stop trying to fix what ain't broken.

— Doc Velocity