I, of course, fully support the RIGHT, the GOD-GIVEN RIGHT, the CONSTITUTONALLY GUARANTEED RIGHT, own a firearm, but for a Sate governmemnt to mandate gun ownership? That, would simply not be anything a free people should be forced to do. As the sponsors of this bill believe!
Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense.”The bill, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2012, would give people six months to acquire a firearm after turning 21. The provision does not apply to people who are barred from owning a firearm.
Nor does the measure specify what type of firearm. Instead, residents would pick one “suitable to their temperament, physical capacity, and preference.”
OK, now here is the rub
Rep. Hal Wick, R-Sioux Falls, is sponsoring the bill and knows it will be killed. But he said he is introducing it to prove a point that the federal health care reform mandate passed last year is unconstitutional.
“Do I or the other cosponsors believe that the State of South Dakota can require citizens to buy firearms? Of course not. But at the same time, we do not believe the federal government can order every citizen to buy health insurance,” he said.
I like it!
darcprynce
Dave C
Gatordoug
I think the State Gov’t could, if it was within it’s own constitution. The States’ powers are numerous and undefined by the Federal Constitution. Whether it is morally right or not is another matter. They already require you to buy car insurance, so, it wouldn’t be unprecedented.
Side note, Switzerland requires every household to have a gun and every citizen go through a yearly training course. They must be thinking we will invade and take their wimmins.
They’ve evidently never been to Texas, so they don’t know we already have the best looking babes on the planet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Switzerland