Hungry Seagull said:
After I read this paper and feel that is DC trying to make people ok to have handguns for home defense BUT.... lock em up so much that they will die while unlocking the things?
As I have it (IANAL), pre-Heller, this was pretty much the way it stood.
Heller seems to have eaten the "lock it up to make it useless" aspects, but the PTB in DC have sidestepped that, in favor of a "bet you can't get it registered in your lifetime" set of restrictions on owning the things.
(Here in OH, the requirements that DC has implemented are more strict than our carry licenses. The idea seems to be that those really serious about it - the "squeeky wheels" - will dot the "I"'s and cross the "T"'s, but everybody else will either not bother, or continue to store their weapons illegally. Don't forget that it's always easier to make a criminal out of an honest citizen than to stop a criminal....)
Just IMHO, of course.
I agree with lanternlad1, except to comment that many of our current problems are the direct result of "legislating from the bench"....
What bothers me, of course, is the nature of the storage requirements, and things that make you a felon if you fail to report a theft within a certain time frame, or provide significant liability to the owner if a thief misuses it.
And, let's not forget the basic themes here. Criminals and Terrorists are now a Protected Minority. Heaven forbid we keep them from earning their bread, or hurt them. AND, the Liberals are scared to death of the idea of a Black Man (or Woman) with a gun.
Regards,
