Wait a moment
Conventional wisdom regulates machine guns because they’re too dangerous for regular Joes to have even though such ownership is Constitutionally protected. They call it a revenue measure but that is clearly not the case. Some weapons may be regulated because they aren’t dangerous enough:
Tasers, an incapacitating electro-shock weapon popular among law enforcement agencies around the country, would become illegal for Bellingham residents to own under a proposed ordinance before the City Council.
The ordinance would make it illegal to possess Tasers, stun guns and other energy weapons within the city limits, though police would still be allowed to carry them.
Bellingham City Council will discuss and possibly vote on the ordinance tonight.
Police Chief Randy Carroll, who brought the ordinance forward to City Council, said Tasers were developed for law enforcement and should stay only in its hands.
Such as training that would prevent someone from, say, Tasering a grandmother or a six year old boy?
December 14th, 2004 at 11:56 am
Tasers were developed for law enforcement and should stay only in its hands.
Thats a scary comment…wasnt there a guy in Germany around 60 years ago that said something of the same…?
December 14th, 2004 at 12:58 pm
Actually, anyone who watched Star Trek back when… knows the perfect law enforcement weapon. I’m still waiting for someone to invent it, so I can buy two. The Phaser. I want to set one on Stun, and one on Varorize.
December 14th, 2004 at 2:34 pm
Justin: that apocryphal Hitler quote is a fake, and a rather obvious one at that. German gun laws were bad long before Hitler came on the scene, and did not worsen significantly on his watch. IIRC, they actually improved slightly during that period.
December 14th, 2004 at 2:41 pm
I thought Hitler did enact some gun control in 1938. Of course, some folks claim the US GCA of 1968 is based on that law:
http://www.amarillo.com/stories/121204/opi_787710.shtml
December 14th, 2004 at 6:01 pm
xrlq, there’s also a Himmler quote about how only the SS/SA need guns and citizens don’t need guns. Given the context, it seems more likely that Justin was referring to that one than to the fake Hitler one about registration. I’m not sure whether the Himmler one has been discredited as well.