Riverdance
Regular Member
Why would a pro-gun group support HB 6185? My query to my friends at CCDL went unanswered to I'll post it here.
Does the law routinely require everyone who commits "certain crimes" to register with local police, or is it only gun owners who commit those infractions that are to be treated like sex offenders in a special registry?
Why would they support something that especially targets gun owners and treats them worse than the rest of the population under the same circumstances?
Some "pro-gun" people also say they support the variations of project exile (supported by anti-gun organizations, and unfortunately also the NRA, to their everlasting shame). Several years ago, I was published in newspaper debates with the Richmond (Virginia) police chief and the commonwealth attorney on exile. My challenge to them was to explain to a woman who was beaten, mutilated, raped, and left for dead why her attacker shouldn't be punished as harshly since he used a tool other than a gun in the attack. Exile (and Connecticut's HB 6185) assume guns are bad on their face and seek to treat those who would dare carry them differently than anyone else who would commit the same crime without them.
Sometimes "pro-gun" people will bend over so far backwards to prove they're good guys and get political acceptance and access that they sell out principles. I hope CCDL's listed support for HB 6185 is a mistake.
Does the law routinely require everyone who commits "certain crimes" to register with local police, or is it only gun owners who commit those infractions that are to be treated like sex offenders in a special registry?
Why would they support something that especially targets gun owners and treats them worse than the rest of the population under the same circumstances?
Some "pro-gun" people also say they support the variations of project exile (supported by anti-gun organizations, and unfortunately also the NRA, to their everlasting shame). Several years ago, I was published in newspaper debates with the Richmond (Virginia) police chief and the commonwealth attorney on exile. My challenge to them was to explain to a woman who was beaten, mutilated, raped, and left for dead why her attacker shouldn't be punished as harshly since he used a tool other than a gun in the attack. Exile (and Connecticut's HB 6185) assume guns are bad on their face and seek to treat those who would dare carry them differently than anyone else who would commit the same crime without them.
Sometimes "pro-gun" people will bend over so far backwards to prove they're good guys and get political acceptance and access that they sell out principles. I hope CCDL's listed support for HB 6185 is a mistake.