I think the idea is unconsitutional. I believe it violates the Second Ammendment, and it needs to be clobbered.
Pete
Well--yeah. So does the NFA of 1936, the GCA of 1968, Brady Bill, etc. The problem is, what part of "shall not be infringed" don't people understand? People don't understand the difference between a "right" and a "privilege." People don't understand (or even read) the Federalist Papers or other political discussions of the day, such that they might know the motivation and wisdom of our nation's founders. The People today also permit the elite in power to convince them that only the privileged, dressed in black robes in their lofty ivory towers, are qualified to interpret the Constitution. Hogwash! Any citizen with an open mind, and perhaps an old Webster can understand the text--it was written for "The People," after all.
I'm certain that, if put to a public vote (put to mob rule), the Second Amendment would not survive a referendum today and, given that the Founders wisely made the Constitution difficult to amend, people have simply chosen to ignore it.
Our nation was founded at the height of the "age of reason." Society has fallen far from this pinnacle!
-Cal