It is great to point out the flaws with this thing so we can use those flaws against it, but what are we going to DO.
Whining and hand wringing are for the General forum. You're here to work.
Points against the bill -
Anyone with a grudge can abuse this to deny the rights of others by claiming to be a friend tipping off the authorities like "swatting" incidents. People will be unjustly denied their property and their rights due to abuses. They may be injured or killed by swat teams showing up and errors and overstepping taking place.
There's no statistical basis for 300 million people to have such a vague and intrusive piece of law imposed upon them in spite of the highly dramatic and overwrought coverage of the very rare mass shooting. Mass shootings are what they're trying to prevent, but they're so rare that even government studies have shown they don't move the needle on violence in this country. It is a problem on the personal level, but on the national level it is so rare as to be nothing more than fodder for hysterics.
It would add additional burden to the already overburdened law enforcement officers in the communities that have to actually do the policing. Congress isn't going to respond and ask people to surrender firearms for their or the families or the community's safety. They're creating an unfunded mandate that then has to be implemented at the community level by your and my police officers/sheriff deputies. Those folks have plenty to do and if they don't you and I shouldn't be paying for them to be involved in mischief like this.
So, what do we do now? Take these points, make them into letters and emails and phone calls to your congress critters. Put them in POPVOX or any other congress email aggregator and send them that way. Contact your city or county mayor and point out this bill is in committee and that it will hit their budget and their taxpayers if it passes, not Congresses.
