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Janis Kliphardt (Emery)
Paul, I agree a proposal to save lives is more comprehensive than discussing the AR-15 and needs to be more comprehensive than protecting our students in schools as evidenced by recent mass shootings.
Begin with a comprehensive licensing procedure which requires an extensive background check before the purchase of any gun and every gun purchased must be registered;
Ban the sale and possession of all semi-automatic weapons;
Provide for the surrender of all semi-automatic weapons within a period of time for recompense by the government following which, unless authorized, possession of a semi-automatic weapon will be a federal offense.
As pertaining specifically to schools, there should be one place of entry for each building which will be secured and will require that anyone other than students and staff members receive permission to enter by stating their reason for entry. Upon entry they will be given a visible pass which must be worn while they’re on the premises.
Same as school zones are established for reduced speed limit, and to be drug-free and free of sex offenders, these zones should be free of weapons of any kind, and if discovered by authorities, be seized and impounded, and the possessor fined. If necessary the protections against search and seizure could be relaxed within the school zone.
If these recommendations would be considered violations of the 2nd Amendment, I would propose amending the 2nd Amendment to specifically exclude from its protection the possession of both automatic and semi-automatic weapons.
Paul, these are my recommendations to not only make our students safer, but everyone safer for the general welfare and common good of our country--
this is about our safety and our liberty--
The 2nd amendment does not take precedence over the other amendments
or the other Constitutional protections.
My recommendations may be a fantasy today-- in this gun-crazed society,
but with patience and perseverance, and the leadership of our young, in time sanity may reign.
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