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Clock keeps ticking
As if all the above wasn't bad enough for the poor Senator, this legislative session ends in less than a month. He has to re-write the bill, then get it all the way through the entire process.
None of the legally viable paths available to him achieve what he wants and the more he rushes to craft the language, the worse the final bill will look. This in turn, makes it even easier for us to get it stayed and overturned.
Senator, we're waiting....
Tick tock, tick tock.......
Everyone needs to step back, take a deep breath and relax.
SB-249 as it now stands 'bans' nothing. It is still a mess and despite claims that an "improved" version is about to be released, we've seen nothing.
This is because the good Senator and his staff are still grappling with how they are going to accomplish their true goal, which is to get all existing 'evil' guns out of the state, and ban all future ones.
They could choose to ban just the bullet button, but then we'd go featureless on AR's and AK's, AND remove our bullet buttons. This irks them to no end as 600,000 'evil' guns would still be here and the number would continue to grow.
They could choose to ban bullet buttons, guns with "features" and guns that are "featureless. However, that is basically a ban on all semi-automatic rifles. We would easily get a stay and ultimately have it overturned, and they know this.
They could choose the traditional and legally safe approach of grandfathering in all existing OLL's and "evil" guns with features and banning all future ones. They won't do this because it means opening up the AW registry to 600,000+ "evil" guns. Not only that, but we'd then remove our bullet buttons on our newly registered AW's and mail them to the good Senator with a heartfelt note of thanks.
Lastly, they could choose to ban bullet buttons and guns with features, force us to turn them in and compensate us for our loss. This avoids an illegal taking, but alas, they don't have an extra $750,000,000 lying around they can put their hand to.
The good senator is trying to remain true to his convictions, which is getting all these evil guns out of state by crafting legislation that he can find votes for, banishes existing and future evil guns, AND that will survive a court challenge.
The problem is, he can't. My prediction is, he'll still try, if for nothing else to save face. His problem is none of the legally viable options accomplishes what he really wants.
Game, set, match.
SB-249 as it now stands 'bans' nothing. It is still a mess and despite claims that an "improved" version is about to be released, we've seen nothing.
This is because the good Senator and his staff are still grappling with how they are going to accomplish their true goal, which is to get all existing 'evil' guns out of the state, and ban all future ones.
They could choose to ban just the bullet button, but then we'd go featureless on AR's and AK's, AND remove our bullet buttons. This irks them to no end as 600,000 'evil' guns would still be here and the number would continue to grow.
They could choose to ban bullet buttons, guns with "features" and guns that are "featureless. However, that is basically a ban on all semi-automatic rifles. We would easily get a stay and ultimately have it overturned, and they know this.
They could choose the traditional and legally safe approach of grandfathering in all existing OLL's and "evil" guns with features and banning all future ones. They won't do this because it means opening up the AW registry to 600,000+ "evil" guns. Not only that, but we'd then remove our bullet buttons on our newly registered AW's and mail them to the good Senator with a heartfelt note of thanks.
Lastly, they could choose to ban bullet buttons and guns with features, force us to turn them in and compensate us for our loss. This avoids an illegal taking, but alas, they don't have an extra $750,000,000 lying around they can put their hand to.
The good senator is trying to remain true to his convictions, which is getting all these evil guns out of state by crafting legislation that he can find votes for, banishes existing and future evil guns, AND that will survive a court challenge.
The problem is, he can't. My prediction is, he'll still try, if for nothing else to save face. His problem is none of the legally viable options accomplishes what he really wants.
Game, set, match.
None of the legally viable paths available to him achieve what he wants and the more he rushes to craft the language, the worse the final bill will look. This in turn, makes it even easier for us to get it stayed and overturned.
Senator, we're waiting....
Tick tock, tick tock.......
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