Moose Droppings

A Permit to Buy Bullets

Feb 28, 2007 @ 01:14 am by Moose

When you think the anti gun nuts around here couldn’t get any wackier a proposal for a permitting system to purchase ammo is being floated.

DURHAM - Gun owners looking to reload would have to show a permit every time they buy ammunition, if a bill backed by Durham officials gains state approval.
The proposal championed by the Rev. Melvin Whitley, a local community activist, will face opposition from gun-rights groups.
Whitley told state lawmakers and Durham City Council members Monday that anyone over 18 can buy ammunition without being subject to any background check. That means felons, who aren’t allowed to own guns or ammo, can buy bullets unfettered.
Requiring a permit to buy bullets, just as the state does for firearms, is a “no-brainer,” he said.

N&O

Hello the “No Brainer” is you Rev Whitley. Do you really think that a felon who already posses a gun will be unable to obtain ammo for said gun by requiring an “ammo permit”? This is just another law to complicate the lives of law abiding citizens and it will do zilch to reduce or prevent crime. How about a tough stance with mandatory jail time for felons who use firearms? There are plenty of Federal Laws on the books that rarely get enforced against the felon with a gun.

Whitley said any inconveniences are trumped by the need to add another hurdle in the path of violent criminals.
“It’s the bullets that are hurting us,” he said.

Yup it’s the bullets fault not the thug who pulled the trigger.