NY Senate Passes 'Landmark' Gun Control Laws

[Grins]

37. Worthless.

Nice try, but this is worthless.

"The bill targets assault rifles, high-capacity clips of ammunition and requires reports of the mentally ill who pose a threat to others with illegal guns."

Right. And do what with those "reports"?

As much as I would like a complete ban on military assault weapons, etc., I believe it's more important to vet the gun owner, and be as brutal in the vetting as the British who go out of their way to deny the "privilege" of owning a gun. No "instant checks" at the gun counter for them - you have to be approved to have a gun before you even enter the store! And that vetting can take months.

Applicants first have to demonstrate a valid need to have a gun, then police will check out the owner's home for gun security (a vault, not a beautiful piece of cabinetry with a cheap lock), check with his family, neighbors, ministers, doctors and psychiatrists for his well-being and check any drugs he has been prescribed, his relatives, friends, neighbors, fellow employees, driving record, police history, solid citizen records as to taxes, etc., and on and on and on.

More, you screw up and get too many traffic tickets, slap the wife around, get a restraining order, file for divorce, fail your safety checks, get prescribed drugs for depression, etc, etc., the police will come to your home and TAKE YOUR GUNS from the home, and good luck getting them back.

Gun ownership is for the best-of-the-best in the Kingdom, not just any fool off the streets.