Ed Morrissey:
How old am I? I’m old enough to remember when the only people on whom government wanted to put electronic bracelets were criminals. Attorney General Eric Holder testified yesterday on Capitol Hill about gun-safety programs promoted by the Department of Justice, which wants almost $400 million in the next budget for “common sense” regulations like electronic bracelets for firearms:
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“I think that one of the things that we learned when we were trying to get passed those common sense reforms last year, Vice President Biden and I had a meeting with a group of technology people and we talked about how guns can be made more safe,” he said.
“By making them either through finger print identification, the gun talks to a bracelet or something that you might wear, how guns can be used only by the person who is lawfully in possession of the weapon.”
“It’s those kinds of things that I think we want to try to explore so that we can make sure that people have the ability to enjoy their Second Amendment rights, but at the same time decreasing the misuse of weapons that lead to the kinds of things that we see on a daily basis,” Holder said.
First, the electronic bracelet concept has barely passed the theoretical stage, let alone made it into the commercial market. There is literally one pistol model being sold in one gun story in America which fits Holder’s “common sense” requirement. How exactly would that allow Americans to “enjoy their Second Amendment rights”? Most gun owners — and there are over 60 million of them — handle and store their weapons safely. More people get murdered each year by body parts than by rifles, for instance, which had been the focus of gun-control efforts over the last sixteen months.
Nope. Holder should have to wear a bracelet. And an alarm should go off when he gets within 50 feet of anything to do with law enforcement.
Impeach.
Nothing else will remove the stain.
Will the bracelets be waterproof so people can wear them in the shower? Otherwise, if someone is breaking into your house, you will have to get the bracelet first, then the gun. I prefer a one step defense.
But hey, let’s let thousands of criminal illegals go free
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/03/31/report-shows-obama-administration-let-thousands-of-criminal-illegal-aliens-free-n1817031
It boggles my mind how America (our Government) has done a 180. The CHOOSE to go after Law Abiding Citizens. Easiest targets?? You betcha.
They also CHOOSE to coddle crimminals…and yes, that includes illegals in this country.
The bracelet idea – it’s the lamest idea I’ve ever heard.
@FAITH7: #4
Let’s do some reverse thinking: Pretend that congress and the white house have been infiltrated with the intention of bringing the US down? Would any of the things congress and obama are doing make since then?
I just realized that the bracelets would be just like the remote keys for vehicles. The crooks love the remote keys. If they want YOUR vehicle, and you use the remote key, all they have to do is follow you. When you park and lock your car, they save the signal that your key sent. When they want to take your vehicle, they wait until you park it and will be gone for some time, then they activate the signal, open the door, and break into the ignition. The same can be done with the bracelet, so that the crooks can steal the gun and still be able to fire it.