The fact that we live in a country where a DA has the ability to even decide whether or not to charge someone for such an utterly idiotic "crime" is pathetic.
Of course, this is exactly what they want.
Last Tuesday I had a chance to attend a debate where Rhonda Fields (author of the Colorado magazine ban) and John Morse (Democrat state senate president) were present.
After the debate, I approached both of them, and asked them the following:
"I'm a competitive shooter. I attend shooting matches both in Colorado, and in other states, including New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. At these shooting matches, it's sometimes common for competitors to share equipment like magazines. As I understand it, violating the proposed magazine ban would be a class 2 misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000 or a prison sentence of up to a year. Now, let's say that I'd borrowed a magazine, but forgotten about it in my range bag, and was found to be in possession of it. Would you honestly be ok with throwing me in prison for up to a year as punishment for a simple accident?"
Rhonda Fields exact words were "Yes, I would be fine with that."
John Morse's exact words were "You're obviously pretty smart, and you're engaged enough to know that this is an illegal act. So, given that you should know better, I would be perfectly ok with locking you up."
Note that I'm a gainfully employed, property-owning tax-payer with a mortgage and family. With absolutely no compunction or thought given to the consequences of such a prison sentence, both of these people were utterly ok with destroying my life for an accidental violation of a thoroughly idiotic law.
These people are neither rational or reasonable, and they must be vehemently opposed at every opportunity. So far as I'm concerned, this is no longer a "national discussion" but a fight for survival.
