First, make rules that only apply to the ruled. Then force rightspeak onto the public, silencing any dissent. Finally, disarm any who dissent anyway. Now you’ve got control.
Farfetched? Hardly. All three steps are already in the works, and the last one is a doozy:
H.R.127 – Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act
This proposed law requires a psychological evaluation before you are licensed to own a gun, the standards of which are left to the Attorney General; it could be that just wanting a gun makes one “psychologically unfit”. The evaluation can even require interviews of current and former spouses, as well as at least 2 family members. I wonder what will happen when a spiteful ex-wife wants revenge over a bitter divorce or custody battle, or is simply anti-gun?
The law also requires a licensed gun owner to maintain an insurance policy, “…that insures the person against liability for losses and damages resulting from the use of any firearm by the person…”. It doesn’t say what limits of liability are required; I wonder what a private unlimited liability policy that will cost? The AG will issue a policy for $800/year, but with so few Americans able to handle an emergency $500 expenditure how many do you think will be able to afford to exercise their constitutional right to bear arms? On top of all this, the penalties for violating the license requirements of this statute is a fine of up to $150,000 and a prison sentence of up to 25 years – even for unintentional technical violations.
The clear intent of this law, at least to me, is to make firearm ownership so onerous and risky as to effectively gut the 2nd Amendment – all the while having exactly zero impact on criminals.
Thanks, Rep. Lee [D-TX-18]; I feel safer already.