Master Doug Huffman
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Every time a law is passed a freedom is lost, every time a freedom is lost it is not recoverable without heroic effort. I don't care which amendment is applicable to a specific situation, every time we regulate it we lose another portion of it. We cannot afford all of these regulations passed for our good because they are not for our good.But the Fourth Amendment is not debatable, any more than is the Second Amendment, that "shall not be infringed", or the First Amendment preventing Congress from abridging these rights.
Ok so waivers I can understand. I am not so concerned about those even though it is still a document that can be forced over with a subpoena. Especially not concerned if they get shredded or destroyed on a consistent basis when they are no longer applicable. The way the story was wrote it was not clear what information was collected or the purpose. But for Badger to willfully create a list of not only people who rent guns (which I understand they are no longer renting guns after the recent shootings) but making the list of people who use their range at all? I understand that Badger is under a lot of scrutiny and is just trying to be cooperative enough to please those powers that be. But at what cost? There is no obligation to collect let alone release this information. Just the same there is nothing to stop LE from using this information any way they feel regardless if it was intended to track down illegal gun possession. Just another way to bypass not being able to run background checks of gun/range renters.Cobra, the form filled out at shooters is a general waiver and acknowledgement of range rules. Nothing more. It's just there to cover their a$$. Your id is only kept while you rent a gun and is returned to you when you turn the gun in. No info is taken, or recorded other than on the general waiver. This is insurance to get the gun back and helpful to the shop if you do damage to persons or property. No database is being formed and those forms don't see the light of day.
The greater the number of Laws and enactments, the more thieves and robbers there will be. Therefore the Sage says: "So Long as I do nothing, the people will work out their own reformation. So Long as I love calm, the people will right themselves. If only I keep from meddling, the people will grow rich. If only I am free from desire, the people will come naturally back to desire." - Lao tzu