Re: [GUNS] a comment

Chuck Kuecker (ckuecker@mcs.net)
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 07:19:02 -0500

At 09:02 PM 6/8/99 -0500, Joe Dees wrote:

>> Let's start enforcing what laws we have. Leave the publicity stunts for the
>> media.
>>
>As soon as he is able, after a considerable expenditure of money
>and time, to shut down such trade in outlying counties of his state,
>the conduit would extend to out-of-state, where he could do nothing
>to oppose it. Meanwhile the killing continues. We have
>protections and checkpoints on our national borders, not on our
>state ones. To prevent the criminal trade that patchwork gun laws
>promote, they should be nationally standardized.
>

This should include mandatory repeals of all the community gun bans, then, in the name of consistency? Morton Grove and Oak Park here both have banned guns - in Oak Park, ALL guns, and even driving through with a properly stored gun in your car is illegal. I am sure they will fight tooth and nail to preserve what they have in the face of federal 'standardization' unless the fed law is even more restrictive..

I hope you are not advocating that we adopt some sort of internal passport system or interstate customs system to prevent 'smuggling' - we are already way too close to that now.