HB 2193 by Mitchell (D)

…imposes an additional 15-percent tax on the retail sale of firearms; requires revenue from the firearms tax to be deposited into the K-12 mental health counselor fund to be administered by the department of education and used exclusively to provide school counselors in elementary and secondary public schools and public charter schools in this state and for mental health assessments and services for students pursuant to a school counselor’s referral.

I saw this on the news and it is just and PR scheme to stigmatize gun owners. After the bill is fully rejected, Gun Grabbers will screech “We need money For The Children!™ You don’t care what happens to them! You just love your precious guns!”

Now, if money is needed, I propose a 15% extra tax on booze, alcohol and painkillers. Hell, in one week they will probably collect more money than they would do in a year of gun taxes. But this is not about funds for the healthcare of children and we know it.

And to throw you off the standard path, a bill that initially I would support (but the devil is in the details):

HB 1910 by Bulso (R)

As introduced, requires the bureau to conduct a feasibility study on the development and implementation of a software application capable of being utilized on a voluntary basis by gun owners in this state who are not engaged in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in firearms pursuant to federal law for the purpose of conducting a criminal history record check on a proposed purchaser of a used or second-hand firearm through a private sale…

Again, depending on the details and specially that no records are kept, I would not mind having this tool available. This was proposed in D.C after Sandy Hook only to be shot down as fast as the congress then could (By Chuckie Schummer IIRC). The Antis will bemoan that a prohibited person will not be facing criminal charges for attempting to buy a firearm, but that is pretty much what has been happening since the inception of the Brady Background Checks anyway.

More to come.

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Another explainer about the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act. More references, more better. Mexico and the blood vultures are so eager to find their way around the PLCAA.
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No, they got away with it because the Connecticut Supreme Court didn’t want to follow the constitution nor congress.

15 U.S.C. §7903: The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act

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I am way behind with what is being “offered” in our legislature in terms of Gun Legislation and so far, it is not good news.

Let’s begin with SB 1927 by Senator Raumesh Akbari (D):

As introduced, permits the largest municipality in Shelby, Davidson, Knox, or Hamilton county to regulate the manner of storage of firearms, firearm ammunition, and firearm accessories by ordinance, resolution, policy, rule, or other enactment. –

In other words, it is the elimination of State Preemption of gun laws. You know they will go draconian and demand guns to be locked and disassembled before being put inside a double combination safe or some stupid stuff like that or demanding that you could only have 50 rounds of ammunition stashed in a vault at a local gun club or gun store. And yes, this would run head on against Heller, but that will take time and money and the antis get to claim victory.

Next is SB 1966 by Senator Jeff Yarbro (D):

As introduced, creates the Tennessee Do Not Sell List; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation to develop and launch a secure internet-based platform to allow any person in the United States to register to add the person’s own name to the Tennessee Do Not Sell List by January 1, 2025

I have read a bit about individuals with personal issues willingly depositing their firearms with a trusted third party and even volunteering the state to have their names added to a no-sell list and I have no initial issues with it.  But a website to add names to a No Sell list? The probability of being misused by activists or pissed off spouses or anybody with a grudge against somebody is just too big. And that is truly the goal here: Not to save lives but to make it miserable for the common folk.

More to come.

On my previous political post, How Republicans win, reader Elrod posted this:

“The more Republicans do Republican things, the more Republicans win elections.”

Absolutely. Now all we need is actual Republicans, preferably with factory-installed large-diameter spines, to replace the fake Republicans we seem to be stuck with everywhere.

Let me explain where the spinelessness comes from.

Here’s the game.

Career politicians want to get rich.

You get rich through book deals, speaking fees, IPOs, lobbying gigs, board memberships, etc.

Those corporate boards, publishers, banks, the booking agencies for the speaking tours, are all controlled by the Left.

The country club boards and college admissions boards are owned by the Left.

If you want to cash out, you have to be nice to the Left.

If you want to get membership to the nice country club or have your kid admitted to the best college, you have to be nice to the Left.

Republicans that do Republican things don’t cash out nearly as much.

The advantage Trump had is that he already was a billionaire with his own country clubs.

He couldn’t be bribed.

The problem was that Trump could be flattered.

If you want a Republican who will be a Republican, you need someone who isn’t susceptible to bribery or flattery.

That’s a hard man (or woman) to find.

My problem in politics is that I’m a raging fucking psychopath.

What I want is to punish my enemies.

I don’t want a mansion and millions, I want to drop JDAMs on hedgefund managers who outsource jobs to China.

They’ll never let me be President.

It’s come to my attention that there are some outstanding patch orders that need to be shipped.

From the bottom of my heart, I apologize for the delay.

I’ve gotten into the habit of checking for orders on Sundays when sitting down to pay and mail all my other bills.

I’ve been using my phone because that’s where all my banking apps are.

Unfortunately, I wasn’t seeing the shopping cart with my WordPress app, so I was missing orders.

I take full responsibility for this oversight.

I promise you that all outstanding orders will be processed this weekend (I’m currently put of town, escaping the snow in Florida) and I’ll add in an extra patch as my way of saying sorry.

Again, my sincerest apologies and thank you for supporting the blog.