Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Thursday, July 15, 2010 1:47:21 AM
Thankfully the Supreme Court came down on the side of the Constitution this time. Far too often the Supreme Court rules against it. Too bad it took nearly 30 years to strike down this very out in the open, clearly unconstitutional law.
Unfortunately local governments can and do overstep their bounds just like the federal and states governments do on a regular basis. The creeping overreach is particularly bad in large cities and the counties they are in. They become so large themselves that they seek to do more and more. Even though they can't do what they are supposed to be doing very well.
Gun Bans are what results. In the warped sense of reality that liberals think things are, it makes all kinds of sense. The real reality is a different story however. Disarming private citizens do nothing to keep weapons from the hands of the criminal element. Now criminals know the law abiding don't have guns, and have free reign over huge areas of the city. Why do you think mass shootings happen in places like schools because most ban guns. Same principal. The police cannot be everywhere and have little interest in some neighborhoods.
So the lawlessness grows rather then ending. The few that keeps their guns become "criminals" due to having their weapons, and get charged when they have to use them.
But the big issue is: gun bans are unconstitutional. Its is as plain as it can get. The government has no right to disarm private citizens. It should have never been. This was known in 1982 as well as 2010 but ignored. Plus the city knew it would lose, Washington DC's gun ban was stuck down as well.
Mayor Daley hasn't learned this lesson yet. The city quickly came up with a new gun control law that's just as unconstitutional as the gun ban. It's designed to make gun ownership as hard and expensive as possible. Yes, gun owners should be responsible for their weapons, but the city shouldn't have any regulatory authority over private weapons. It really doesn't increase safety at all. The state has plenty of laws already. Having nit-picky regulations is confusing and hard to comply with. Knowing the laws of every city one passes through is impossible. Thats why its at the state level. Unfortunately most states have too many laws, many of which are themselves unconstitutional.
I am all for local control. Most of the time its a better solution for most things, the feds and the states rarely have the right solutions. However it seems to give some license to "do-good" in things government has no right to be involved in. Gun bans and control isn't the business of a city or town government. They need to stick to things like filling potholes. If they would stick with the basic things maybe the big problems like high crime would have never come around.
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