Proposed Bill Seeks To Bar Animal Abusers From Owning Firearms

By Tom Knighton

The state of Illinois has a plan. They think they’ve figured out the way to stop violence as a whole. Maybe. Who knows quite what they’re thinking here.

What we do know is that the state has a bill under consideration that will seek to bar people convicted of animal abuse from owning firearms.

A proposed first-of-its-kind law in the nation would ban gun ownership for anyone in Illinois convicted of animal abuse.

“People that have abused animals, every study has said they abuse women, they abuse children, they’re serial killers. … So what we’re saying is if you’re convicted of animal abuse, no guns for you the rest of your life,” says Jerry Elsner, executive director of the Illinois State Crime Commission.

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Under the proposed law, those convicted of abusing an animal would be denied a Firearm Owners ID card, or have their current license revoked.

Elsner expects a stiff backlash but cited the old chestnut of how if it saves just one life, it’ll be worth it.

Not true. If that same law costs two lives, isn’t the cost too great? Or is the one life saved worth more than the two it costs?

Further, Elsner doesn’t understand science.

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Source:: Bearing Arms