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With RINO-Republicans Like Ohio\u2019s Matt Dolan, Who Needs Democrats?<\/a><\/p>\n

U.S.A. \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0-(Ammoland.com<\/a>)-\u00a0\u201cOhio GOP lawmaker introduces gun safety bill; includes red flag law, enhanced background checks,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0ABC affiliate\u00a0News 5 Cleveland video reports<\/a>. \u201cCleveland-area\u00a0state Sen. Matt Dolan<\/a>\u00a0proposed bill with mental health in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

That this obvious advocacy piece masked as news relies on assumptions right out of the starting gate is evidenced by repeating the term \u201cgun safety\u201d in the headline, the lede, the body of the \u201creport<\/em>,\u201d and twice in the crusading reporter\u2019s embedded self-publicizing tweet (embedded below). And curiously, since \u201cred flag\u201d laws are also promoted, you\u2019d think the term \u201cdue process\u201d would appear at least once in an unbiased report?<\/p>\n

You\u2019d think.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Also of note, no real opposing viewpoints are presented. The single gun owner quoted who appears marginally uncomfortable with what he\u2019s being told isn\u2019t totally against the idea; he just isn\u2019t sure what it would actually do. He said that \u201cmost gun owners don\u2019t want to cause issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

I suppose asking someone from\u00a0Buckeye Firearms Association<\/a>\u00a0what they thought about it would be too much of an investigative reporting stretch. Besides, they\u2019d probably just throw a wrench in the predetermined narrative and give the video editor much more work to futz around with context. And that\u2019s assuming anyone at WEWS even bothered to look for \u201cOhio gun rights groups\u201d to see what might turn up first on Google.<\/p>\n

For his part, that Republican Matt Dolan is following a time-worn gun-grabber script could not be more apparent, especially when he declares,\u00a0\u201c[The bill] protects the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens while also\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grabbers always sound that way when they feign\u00a0\u201cI support the Second Amendment\u201d<\/em>\u00a0right before showing everyone their big \u201cbut<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d Remembering that it ends in\u00a0\u201cshall not be infringed<\/em>,\u201d what other tyrannical usurpations besides disarming citizens who have not been convicted, let alone even charged, does Dolan intend to \u201cprotect\u201d us with?<\/p>\n

\u201cIf someone aged 18 to 21 wants to buy a gun, they would only be able to buy a rifle or shotgun that holds only a single round of ammunition if they buy the gun by themselves,\u201d the report notes. So evidently double-barrel Fudd guns are out.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why would he invent such a ludicrous Constitutionally and historically unsupportable and offensive restriction?<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have to face the fact that not every 18 to 21-year-old has mental maturity and emotional maturity,\u201d Dolan declares. A Texas\u00a0Judge would disagree.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

OK, how many 18 to 21-year-olds? Half? Less? Got validly determined numbers?\u00a0 Besides, plenty of so-called \u201cadults\u201d don\u2019t have maturity either, genius, and your buddy in citizen disarmament, fellow \u201cRepublican\u201d Michael Bloomberg, even wants to raise the age for \u201cminorities\u201d to 25 (he just\u00a0doesn\u2019t want the general public to know<\/a>\u00a0he said that). So, are we to now have \u201cmaturity tests\u201d as a prior restraint for all gun owners? In the name of \u201cpublic safety\u201d?<\/p>\n

This will certainly be welcomed by Democrat beneficiaries of Dolan\u2019s bloviating ignorance, who are delighted he is using their talking points while remaining oblivious to their wanting to\u00a0lower the voting age to 16<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is where gun owners typically raise objections based on 18-year-old being old enough to join the military (or be drafted if the need arises again, dependent on\u00a0how they \u201cidentify\u201d<\/a>). In this case, Dolan\u2019s got it covered\u2014or thinks he does.<\/p>\n

You can get an \u201cadult\u201d to cosign, provided he accepts liability for your actions after doing so. And \u201cThere is an exception for young people who go into law enforcement and the military.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why? Suppose he doesn\u2019t have numbers to prove they are substantially more prone to being law-abiding and less prone to suicide. In that case, he\u2019s just playing to the \u201crah-rah\u201d and \u201cback the blue\u201d crowd with no legitimate data to support violating equal protection under the law. In fact, if you look at what happens in the real world, that would be a tough case to prove, especially with\u00a0reports finding<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cEvidence indicates that a substantial proportion of military personnel are involved in high-risk and antisocial behaviors that place them at jeopardy for criminal justice system involvement.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And\u00a0research\u00a0<\/a>concludes:<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong police, firearms violations occur at a rate of 16.5 per 100,000 officers. Among permit holders in Florida and Texas, the rate is only 2.4 per 100,000.10. That is just one-seventh of the rate for police officers.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In any case, it ought to be a moot point because our rights are supposed to be recognized for individuals, not because we are arbitrary members of a collective that we have no control over, which, if you think about it, pretty much tells us why racists are wrong. And in any case, for a \u201clawmaker\u201d presuming to tamper with the Second Amendment, you\u2019d think Dolan would at least be cognizant of the\u00a0U.S. Code section<\/a>\u00a0mandating:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age\u2026\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Those featured in the story as backing this RINO bill are oblivious, too, and about more than that.<\/h3>\n

\u201cAnd as long as law-abiding citizens, their Second Amendment, who are mentally capable, is not being infringed on, then I don\u2019t have a problem,\u201d asserted Donna Walker Brown, who the reporter considered it important (that is, useful) to identify as a gun owner and \u201cformer Cuyahoga County Republican Party Executive Committee Chair.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See, Donna, there is a problem, even if you don\u2019t see it. When red flag laws kick in, it has not been established that those caught in their net\u00a0are<\/em>\u00a0mentally incapable. \u201cSentence first \u2014 verdict\u00a0<\/a>afterward\u201d is something that, not that long ago, even children understood to be cartoonishly tyrannical and insane.<\/p>\n

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