As a Libertarian, I cannot dismiss out of hand the Bill of Rights - those 10 most precious and notated rights that our creator has bestowed upon us by virtue of our exiting of the womb.
And while modern man can imagine that he is the most precious of minds that the world has ever known and then seeks to turn a specified document into a living one, the fact remains that the 10 most precious gifts given to mankind outside of life itself are those rights which our founders risked their lives to make sure that we would have protected for us.
As such, we cannot just fuck around with those rights when the pain of their recognition becomes too powerful for some to bear; for it is this notion that rights come with responsibilities and even as we seek to punish criminals for their maldeeds, that we must risk setting a few free from punishment so that we all are protected by the iron-clad notion of those ten rights.
It is too convenient in this modern world to seek to restrict specified rights and to invent ones never imagined in order to make our modern world that much more precious and elevated compared to the Neanderthals who scribed those rights while clinging to the ownership of dark skins.
Yet, I recognize that we can cure some of the ills of our modern world by seeking true common sense - that means to actually to address the flaws in our system and to use modern know-how in order to ameliorate the modern sickness of fame and "understanding".
To wit, I offer the following changes in our procedures to ensure that the youth are protected from themselves with regard to school-based carnage. I don't pretend that any of this will solve a rabid mooslim who seeks to claim the lives of heathens nor do I ascribe any hope to reduce black on black crime through this adjustment in our law.
This is but a humble first step in a process that must be taken with all due trepidation on its ramifications on future intrusions into our fundamental rights.
Step One. Ban all purchase of firearms and gifting of them to anyone under the age of 21 and as a result, raise the voting age to 21 so that no one under this age can seek to redress a right that they don't have; and as a result, let's raise the age of adulthood to match this age of 21 since our modern age has demonstrated that youth cannot be trusted in their decision-making including the privilege to vote. And so that we can treat all weapons like firearms, no one under the age of 21 can purchase bow and arrow, knives, or other such devices who can do harm to others with their intended first purpose. As such a crossbow shall be considered a firearm as so would the bow and arrow and any knife. And so that there is no debate here as to culinary utensils, we'll permit such knives to be purchased by underage folk so long as they've been trained on their use and have documented proof that they have done so.
Step Two. With the rise in the mentally ill in our country who have access to firearms, and with the laws being so punitive to readily discover those under mental health care, we shall require an oath to be taken that at the time of purchase, the buyer of any weapon so noted above is not under psychiatric or mental health care; such disclosure under oath would be punishable by no less than a 20 year term of imprisonment; and while we cannot force people to tell the truth and to deny them a purchase of a weapon for self-protection, we can pin the buyer to the mat with a statement of binary truth or falsehood. Declaration of mental health care would not be grounds of denial of purchase of a weapon (likely an invocation of the Americans with Disabilities Act standing in the way of such denial), but dishonesty of the truth would in fact hold water and seek the purpose of the intent of this provision - denial to the sickest.
Step Three. A 60 day waiting period for purchase of any weapon so declared above - from firearm to bow and arrow and back; such a provision would provide the infamous cooling off period which leftists claim as their aim (even while they seek a total ban); there would be absolutely one and only exclusion from this - self-defense - and this is provable by virtue of a court order in a domestic violence situation or other such protection order - that if the weapons' purchaser seeks a weapon for self-defense, that a court order would need to be produced that states the one protected can and should have a firearm (weapon so noted above) and that would make a waiting period moot beyond a background check as required of all purchasers.
Step Four. This law does not limit what weapon you can rightfully purchase as the intention of our founders was that a free people are demanded to overthrow an unjust government; and should citizens deem matching force with force with a government as necessary and just, they need no permission from such a government nor should the populus have to register their arms and to give prior notice to that government the number of arms that they posses or to provide reasons why that number and purpose are to be chosen by a free person.
Step Five. Concealed weapons shall be permitted pursuant to the owner having taken a safe usage course for EACH weapon in ownership and such documentation shall be required to be kept with the weapon at all time and that reciprocity among states shall be understood to exist even if it is in contravention of state laws. So long as every weapon that is concealed on the person of the owner has a matching safe usage course certification and purchase proof of ownership documents, then the person may conceal that weapon(s) within the confines of this provision; and if a law enforcement agent asks if the person has a concealed weapon, it must be produced along with the certification documents; at no time can a law enforcement agent demand the weapon from the owner pursuant to the proper documentation; this provision does prohibit concealment of a weapon in a motor vehicle and such concealment that does not meet the standard "of on the person" shall obligate the law enforcement agent to confiscate that weapon. Concealment on the person would be a moot point if the weapon were clearly displayed in a holster on a person in clear visible means without being under any garment. Such open carry would be lawful in all states and jurisdictions and protected the most significant of freedoms provided. It is the intent that the open carry on a person also require the same documentation of concealment - safe usage certification and purchase/ownership documents - failure to produce those documents would result in immediate confiscation.
Step Six. Usage of any weapon so noted above in the commission of any crime without any of the required documentation being readily available for law enforcement review, would result in immediate life sentence for such a crime to be committed; it is the intent of the law that a crime of such nature is a one-strike and you are out provision without any hope of parole or release.
Step Seven. Digital documents exception. With the advent of smart phones, tablets, and laptops, should the owner of the weapon, concealed or otherwise, have on their person for immediate review the digital version of documents requested, then those digital documents shall be enforceable as the originals; a specified authenticity check shall be enforced to verify such documents; and all documents shall be renewed every five years at the cost of the owner for each weapon owned, concealed or otherwise. Expiration of documents shall be enforceable by revocation of that weapon and no less than a $1000 fine or imprisonment for no less than 3 months. It is the intent of this law to require documentation of safe usage and ownership to be readily produced for each weapon owned and poverty and lack of income shall not be excuses for failure to have the documents or to renew the documents for each and every weapon. Authorities may not make any spot checks of citizen arsenals, though if a routine traffic stop were to produce a unlawful or expired concealment situation, then all weapons of that citizen shall be subject to verification for the documents to ensure all are within date and not expired. A lawful citizen undertaking lawful usage and lawful concealment shall have nothing to fear; but one instance of unlawful usage and conduct shall immediately render the entire ownership collection subject to legal search and documentation production; and all expired and unlawful weapons shall be seized without return.
Step Eight. Weapons storage. It is the understanding of this provision that all such weapons noted in this document shall be stored in such a secure manner that only the owner (documented for each weapon) shall have access to those weapons and that no under age personage shall be allowed to touch or to access those weapons at any time; it is understood that if such weapons are found in possession of someone who is not a documented owner or in the possession of someone not of legal age, that the weapons shall be seized and to never be returned; it is the responsibility of the documented owner to report thefts of such weapons within 2 days of the known theft or those weapons, if found, shall be seized by law enforcement upon their discovery. If the rightful owner of the weapon finds the weapon to be stolen from a certified storage device, that theft must be reported within two calendar days to local authorities to avoid being complicit in any crime committed by the weapon; after two days of theft reporting, it is understood that the owner becomes implicated in the crime committed after the fact and punishable by laws including fines and imprisonment and permanent seizure of the weapon.
Step Nine. Ammunition storage. It is the understanding that the storage of weapons and their ammunition shall not be at the same place or cabinet. Weapons shall be lawfully separated from ammunition in secured and certified devices at the cost of the weapons owner; theft of ammunition shall be held to the same notification standards as step eight above with the same obligations and certifications so required.
Step Ten. As this common sense legislation specifically outlines the ownership, safekeeping, and age requirements for all involved on firearms, no Congress can create and no President can sign, and no court can otherwise restrict gun ownership provisions outlined here - no restrictions on declared adults aged 21 or older shall be enforceable; prohibitive fees for certification cannot exceed the inflation adjusted price set at this signing. In short, this law dutifully outlines the entirety of the freedoms of the Second Amendment and no further restrictions may be obligated upon the free people. This law shall not be revoked or superseded or replaced by the whims of popular discord except with the three fourths of both state houses of the people and the three fourths of the national Congress voting to rescind such provisions and requiring the signature of the President of the United States and the Governors of the States acting to revoke.
Step Eleven. It is understood that poverty and lack of income shall not be excuses for violations of the terms of this document and that all people are bound, rich or poor, to the provisions if they undertake ownership of a weapon declared above; even those who have court orders to allow lawful ownership of the weapons to avoid the waiting period so noted shall be required to fund the costs of certifications of safe usage and renewal in five years. There are no financial hardship provisions so within this law - either you can fund your weapons' ownership or you cannot.
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