Wednesday, March 14, 2012

DEAR CRABBY: Shooting With Blanks


DEAR CRABBY: House Bill 1523 has been misrepresented by anti-gun groups, the media, and people who don't fully understand it. Until you've been harassed, bullied, cited, fined, and/or arrested by local police enforcing a law that illegally preempts state law -- making the local law illegal and not enforceable -- you can't fully understand what hunters and gun owners are up against. 

We should not have to spend hundreds and perhaps thousands of dollars getting back illegally confiscated and legally owned guns and also have to abandon hope of getting back our property if we can't afford a lawyer. The extremely high fines that would be imposed by HB 1523 are to discourage local municipalities from preempting state law in the first place.

Bottom line, if local governments abide by state law, they would have nothing to fear from the high fines and possible lawsuits.  – Shooting From the Hip   (Real Letter to the Editor)


DEAR OUTRAGED: What local law are you talking about?  What is the harassment and bullying?  What was the citation for?  What was the fine for?  What were you or someone else arrested for?  What were these guns confiscated for?  While we’re at it, what state law is being violated?  You write with great passion here … but I’m not sure what about.  If you want to convince someone, you’re going to need to include evidence.  It simply isn’t enough to make vague insinuations … and that is all you have here.  

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