California bill would take guns from those in the ‘Hate Crime Loophole’

[Mrs. Peel 7,156]

http://www.guns.com/2017/06/06/california-bill-would-take-guns-from-those-in-the-hate-crime-loophole/

Here's another piece of gun control being proposed in California - apparently we have a similar law in NJ? --- A "hate crime" law that impacts on one's ability to buy a gun? I'm not familiar with it.

First, let me be clear: I obviously don't want certified wack-a-doodles or violent people to have guns!

What concerns me though is this: it seems we are in this new surreal space lately where some in our society are re-defining "violence". Call someone an ugly name? Yup, it's violence! Do some minor property damage? That's violence too! Whereas I think of "violence" in the standard meaning of the term, like bopping someone in the nose with your fist. This proposed CA legislation is written so broadly, even misdemeanor property damage could result in someone's 2A rights being stripped away... for LIFE.

I've personally known several men in my life who had a "stupid indiscretion" (or 2 or 3...) in their youth... and now are quite responsible. That's not uncommon. Imagine some young man has a few beers one night, gets egged on by friends, and scrawls something stupid and hurtful on a religious building and gets caught. To me, that's an epically  stupid crime that he should pay for, certainly... have him clean it up, maybe participate in some volunteer hours, assess his case individually, etc. - but damn, stripping away one of his basic rights as enshrined in our bill of rights for life... this is just so extreme! It's no wonder a bunch of gun control groups are backing this up. Does anyone know what our similar NJ law is like? Is it that broad also?

 

[jtd771 18]

Eventually anything, from a parking ticket up, will be considered grounds for lifetime disqualification unless approved by a judge. That way the "right" people can keep their guns while the rest of us will be "safer" from gun violence.

Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

[remixer 1,645]

Hate Crimes should be Illegal. its nothing more then double jeopardy