Posted on 11/20/2013 10:44:12 AM PST by Kip Russell
When I first saw this, I thought it was a troll — someone who knew enough about gun owners to get their blood boiling and have a good laugh. But the more I read, the more I’m not sure. I mean, it might still be someone trolling the gun owners, but this reads like a wish list of proposals that we’ve already heard from organizations like the Brady Campaign and Moms Demand Action, and fits in nicely with their agendas. And the guy that wrote it did an AMA on Reddit not too long ago and appeared to genuinely want this to happen. Anyway, read it for yourself and see what conclusion you come up with . . .
The 28th Amendment, as drafted, will implement a series of common sense gun laws and implement new revenue streams for Americans.
The 12 provisions below will work to make America a more safe place by eliminating the obviously failed experiment that is the second amendment.
1. The second amendment of the Constitution of the United States, being no longer necessary to a secure state is hereby nullified.
2. The production and sale of new firearms, being defined as a rifle, pistol, or other gun, will be disallowed until a time in which the number of firearms in circulation is equal to 50% of the population as determined by the Census.
3. No gun may reside in the same building as anyone who has failed a mental health evaluation, as performed by a medical professional, as approved by the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).
4. A mental health examination, as performed by a medical professional approved by the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) must be passed in order to receive a firearms license.
5. An income tax equal to 4% of an individual’s income will be assessed by all gun owners. In states which were at any point in time a part of the Confederate States of America, this tax shall be equal to 10% of an individual’s income. Taxes levied under this amendment shall be appropriated in equal portions to programs to expand Affirmative Action programs and begin to pay reparations to the descendants of African slaves.
6. Any person making the choice to own a firearm must carry $250,000 worth of liability insurance for each weapon owned. This insurance must be provided by a publicly owned insurance company to be established.
7. All firearms must be retrofitted with both a global positioning transmitter as well as a fingerprint activated locking mechanism. Failure to comply with this provision will result in a fine, prison time, and forfeiture of the privilege of firearm ownership.
8. The National Rifle Association, Michigan Militia, and other “gun rights” groups shall be considered terrorist operations.
9. United States Marshals will be randomly placed at various “sporting venues,” where a firearm could be otherwise legally discharged. This could include publicly or privately owned venues where the following (but not limited to) take place: hunting areas, shooting ranges.
10. In a calendar year, no person may buy more than 100 rounds of ammunition.
11. Assault rifles, semi-automatic, and automatic weapons, as well as those not fitted with GPS and trigger locking devices will be immediately seized by the government. The owner will be compensated fair market value of the weapon, minus the cost of the seizure operation.
12. President Obama will establish a Secretary of Firearm management. This office will have final say over future gun regulation to prevent against rampant innovation that was not forseen by the second amendment.
If you want to keep your second amendment to the Constitution, you can do so. PERIOD.
After all, it is the law just like Obamacare is.
Stopped reading right there. I'm off to another thread. See ya.
Wow! These people are certifiable!
The Second Amendment is needed more right now that it has been since the surrender at Yorktown. This would indicate to me that the author has serious mental "issues" and is probably a heavy user of recreational drugs. In fact, this so-called "Trayvon Amendment" is an excellent example of why the Second Amendment is still necessary.
Has America forgotten that it was Trayvon who went ‘Knockout game’ FIRST on George Zimmerman BEFORE he was shot?
5. An income tax equal to 4% of an individual’s income will be assessed by all gun owners.
If you're dumb enough to try to incite 2A advocates, at LEAST use the proper preposition. This reads that gun owners would be assessing the income tax. This is very obviously a ruse. Move along.
I just love #10. This person obviously never goes to the gun range to shoot for an hour.
it’s joke. The really funny thing is that a lot of people would sign off on it...
I thought #11 a doozy. Fair market value minus confiscation costs which means that you’d be owing twice what the gun is worth in the first place.
This is not even a parody. This is a pastiche.
That's the wording of the actual proposed amendment?!? Lol! They must think Obama is going to be president for eternity, considering that under the wording no future president would be required to "establish a Secretary of Firearm Management"
Liberal are so funny!! By the way, I think we should encourage them, this "amendment" has zero chance of ever becoming law, but let them waste their time on it rather than to focus on something that might acutally pass.
why not use the same language for the voting rights act?
It’s a declaration of war.
I stopped right there. Never happen.
Beatdowns are permissible by the protected class of society against the unarmed populace then?
The knockout game is being played from coast to coast and yet there are no civil rights prosecutions against the perps.
It’s all being treated as random local crime stories.
Proposed 28th Amendment to the United States Constitution:
“Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States”.
Seems the thug class is getting into “gun control” because it becomes too dangerous to be a dug.
“3. No gun may reside in the same building as anyone who has failed a mental health evaluation, as performed by a medical professional, as approved by the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare).”
Not to give this too much attention, but #3 won’t work.
Cops can’t have guns in the copshop/jail if anyone there (good or bad guys) is ‘mental’.
No armed guards anywhere a ‘mental’ may live, work, shop, etc.
Unless they arm the guards with something other than guns.
???
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