More Gun Control Idiocy

Both courtesy of politicians from NYC, who apparently are not even making an effort to cover for the gun control people who claim (meaning lie about) the fears of gun owners are rooted in a slippery slope fallacy.

Idiotic gun control proposal #1:

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State lawmakers from Brooklyn announced on Monday new draft legislation aimed at tightly restricting the sale of ammunition in New York. The Senate and Assembly bills were drafted in an effort to keep potential terrorists from stocking up on ammo, according to sponsors state Sen. Roxanne Persaud and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon. The twin bills are backed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, who worked with Persaud and Simon to craft them. The legislation would place a strict limit on the number of bullets a gun owner could purchase over a 90-day time period, and prevent gun dealers from selling ammunition for a firearm to anyone unauthorized to have such a weapon.

So under this proposal it would take you 9 months to accumulate enough ammo for your shotgun to shoot a single round of trap (nearly 2 years if you have an over/under), and forget about ever practicing at the range when you're limited to 20 rounds every 3 months for your handgun.

Not to feel left out, a member of New York's Congressional delegation decided to offer some idiocy of her own. Idiotic gun control proposal #2:

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Just hours before the latest tragic shooting death of a teen in Brooklyn on Monday, U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez unveiled a bill aimed at quashing the flow of guns into big cities and reducing gun violence. The “Reducing Gun Violence in Our Neighborhoods Act” would levy a $100 tax on every gun sale to civilians. The money raised – between one and two billion dollars -- would fund anti-violence programs and local mental health services. The bill would also require that gun owners report stolen or lost firearms within 48 hours, establish a database for missing firearms and require new technology be embedded in guns so they can be traced. Those who don’t report stolen weapons would be slapped with a $10,000 fine. (Currently, many weapons traced to out-of-state owners are classified as stolen.)

More crap aimed solely at the law abiding, and to keep the poor and minorities from exercising a civil right.

"Common sense gun control", right? :rolleyes:

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