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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