Former Black Panther Wants to License Your Gun

With the liberals running rampant in Washington it's no surprise that a new gun registration bill would be proposed. What's wildly ironic is the guy who's proposing it is a former member of the Black Panthers, Bobby Rush, the only guy to give Barack Obama an electoral loss. Here are some details on the bill:

U.S. Representative Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) recently sponsored H.R. 45, also known as "Blair Holt's Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act." The bill is, at its core and as its name implies, a licensing and registration scheme.

The measure calls for all handgun owners to submit to the federal government an application that shall include, among many other things: a photo; an address; a thumbprint; a completed, written firearm safety test; private mental health records; and a fee. And those are only some of the requirements to be licensed!

The bill would further require the attorney general to establish a database of every handgun sale, transfer, and owner's address in America. Moreover, the bill would make it illegal to own or possess a "qualifying firearm" -- defined as "any handgun; or any semiautomatic firearm that can accept any detachable ammunition feeding device…" [emphasis added] without one of the proposed licenses.

And I found this interesting tidbit in Rush's Wikipedia entry:

In 1969, Bobby Rush served six months in prison for illegal possession of firearms.

Do as I say, not as I do.

I doubt if the bill has much of a chance, even with the libs in control. Few Republicans would support it (especially if they want to be re-elected), and conservative Dems would be likely to oppose it as well.