You know, life is just weird enough these days that this law might actually pass ... once they figure out what it is they're trying to pass. Of course, figuring out what they're trying to pass would actually require them to think about it, and there's apparently precious little of that happening.
I mean ... what sane person thinks it's a good idea to leave a loaded weapon in a locked car? What brand of lunacy would say, "Hey! Cars get stolen a lot! Let's leave fully loaded semi-automatic pistols in them!" How do they intend to enforce a ban on weapons on a college campus, or in private establishments that ban them? The only people they'll catch are those whom are being arrested for something entirely different, or those people who say, "Hey, I'm bringing in a gun no matter what you say," at which point it ceases to be a concealed weapon, technically, and brings in all sorts of other criminal offenses.
And what has recording "not more than four fingerprints" got to do with anything? If you're going to fingerprint, why not do all of them? Once you've done one, what does the quantity, of all things, matter?
Copyright © 2001, Iain Jackson, after-words.org
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