A gun law giggle

Published on March 4, 2006 By IanTyger In US Domestic

For once, a link from someone other that Instapundit - I found this one from Alphecca. It's from an article about some proposed firearms legislation in the state of Tennessee. When I read it to DW, she giggled her head off.

Heh:

CRIMINAL LAW: Domestic assault perpetrators to pay victim’s permit fees. Requires perpetrators of domestic assault, stalking, or a violation of protective order cases, if convicted, to pay for handgun safety course or handgun carry permit for victim of offense.

I think this is a GREAT idea.

Comments

stevendedalus

on Mar 04, 2006

Talk about locking the barn after the horse is stolen.

drmiler

on Mar 05, 2006

ABSOLUTELY! a GREAT idea! They should have it in ALL states!

IanTyger

on Mar 05, 2006

Stevendedalus, it's not like you can make them pay for it before it happens. And it's also not like someone can be assaulted etc only once.

Ideally, what I would like to see is a bare minimum of costs (or none at all) for basic handgun training and NO costs to acquire a firearm beyond the cost to buy (no "fees" or taxes to buy a firearm). What I'd REALLY like to see is a system like Vermont's, where the government gets out of the business of regulating firearms at all.

stevendedalus

on Mar 06, 2006

Shooting from the hip doesn't require lessons.

drmiler

on Mar 06, 2006

Shooting from the hip doesn't require lessons

No, it doesn't. But actually hitting your target does!

IanTyger

on Mar 07, 2006

That's why you use both hands

Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:

Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums.
Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
It's simple, and FREE!