Gun rights activists across the country are watching closely to see whether the Obama administration’s Justice Department presses more than a dozen proposed new gun control measures that may be pushed in Congress that include restrictions on .223-caliber pistols and expanding the criteria for disqualifying people from gun ownership, according to published reports.
The New American called these proposals “the president’s continuing war against the Second Amendment.” A report in The Hill referred to the proposals as “reforms” and identified their proponents as “gun safety advocates.”
The Hill also noted that among the proposals is one having to do with “gun storage requirements.” The newspaper said this is “a renewed effort to keep guns out of the hands of people who are mentally unstable or have been convicted of domestic abuse.”
Since the proposals were disclosed several weeks ago, they have become the target of criticism across the Internet, with some elaboration in the process.
Objections have been raised by people concerned that new regulations aimed at forever stripping “domestic abusers” of their firearms rights could be applied to someone who spanked their unruly kid. Expanding mental disqualification could be applied to anybody who might need assistance managing their finances – a job for which people train as accountants – some critics worry. It’s a complaint that has been made about veterans losing their gun rights after being unfairly classed as unable to conduct their own affairs.
