Congressional Dems Back Gun Licensing Schemes

By Tom Knighton

The idea of having to apply for a license in order to exercise your Second Amendment rights is abhorrent to pretty much anyone who can honestly consider themselves pro-gun. It should be. However, it seems to be all the rage once again among the anti-gun establishment. We have presidential candidates backing it, for example.

However, that can be dismissed as campaign dreams. It may well be just something that gets said during the campaign but not considered likely to happen by even the candidate proposing it.

It shouldn’t be, though. After all, when those same Democrats are proposing that same legislation in Congress, there’s every reason to take them seriously.

Democrats on Capitol Hill have debuted a proposal to help mandate that those who want a handgun first be approved for a permit.

The legislation, backed by Dems in both the House and Senate, would encourage more states to adopt licensing schemes like Connecticut’s handgun purchasing law, which requires a special renewable permit to purchase any revolver or pistol. Dubbed the Handgun Purchaser Licensing Act, the bill was introduced by U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy of Connecticut along with …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms