Constitutional Two Faces

Is it not ironic that the same people who rightfully protested President Bush's flagrant disregard of our constitutional privacy laws will willing stand by and even suggest that the new administration enact laws that are so strict that our 2nd Amendment rights are in jeopardy.

Some of those proposed laws are listed below:

• A 400% TAX on ammunition (the price of ammo is already sky rocketing; 6 years ago a single box of 25 shells used for shooting skeet was a little more than $3.00, today that same brand of Winchester AA 12 ga. 8 shot is almost $10 and with the tax it would be $14.00)
• Banning semi-automatic shotguns like those used in hunting, skeet or sporting clays
• Serialization of ammunition and the requirement of individuals to destroy or expend any non serialized ammo by 2012 making the owning of non serialized ammunition a felony.
  
• Banning the personal reloading of ammunition (this combined with the proposed tax would effectively kill shooting sports. A competition shooter can easily shot 200 to 400 rounds of ammo per competition and 50 to 100 rounds per week in practicing. Reloads can cost as little as $3.50 per box of 25 compared to $14.00 with the tax; 200 rounds of reloaded ammo now can cost as little as $28 but with the proposed laws it would cost as much $112 putting the price of shooting competitively out of reach for normal citizens)
• Banning the use of lead in ammunition (this proposal goes to the floor in Washington state on January 26th) (This would also drive the cost of reloading through the roof!)
  
• Installation of a firing pin microstamp that ties ammunition to a certain gun (this is already performed in crime scenes with the use of rifling marks on recovered bullets; this is only requested to drive up the cost of owning a weapon)
• Registration of all firearms to include shotguns and hunting rifles, this also requires individuals to register with the FBI any firearm that is willed or given to them by family members this is currently illegal under federal law
  
• Creation of a national database that will include a photo, fingerprint, address and phone number of anyone owning a firearm. Same as above this is illegal under federal law.
• Make it a felony offense not to report a stolen, misplaced or lost firearm within 72 hours.
  
• Permanent reinstatement of the Brady Bill against weapons considered to be an assault weapon, take it from a former soldier; any weapon, including a common kitchen knife can be considered an assault weapon if someone wants to kill you.
  
• Making the owning of a weapon with a multiple ammunition feeder (i.e. magazines) a felony offense (almost all pistols fall into this category)
• Repealing the newly created law that allows a state's Right to Carry permit for individuals valid in National Parks
• Requirement to make weapons "Child Proof", by appealing to people's sympathy for children, they are attempting to make it almost impossible to make a gun. Can we do the same for cars or alcohol?
• Enacting laws that provide mandatory felony sentences to owners of guns who have their weapons stolen and used in a crime; specifically parents. Does this mean that a parent whose child willingly disobeys their parent and takes the parent's vehicle out and injures someone will be held to those same standards? If we can do this, can we also enforce those same sentences on parents when their children act violently toward teachers or join violent gangs and intentionally harm others during illegal acts?
• Limiting Right to Carry permits only to individuals who could prove that they are in risk of violent abuse or death.