Close Gun Show Loophole

I was at the meeting of the County Commission when Commissioner Mariano ’s proclamation  was read and it was not a call to reaffirm support for the Constitution,  it was  in fact an instrument written with the sole purpose of taking away the rights of citizens to be heard on a request.   This was a deplorable attempt by  Commissioner  Mariano to show his contempt for the people and a laudable action by Commissioner Pat Mulieri who called him on it and said it was just an attempt to block any further hearings on the closing of gun show loop hole and she was ashamed of him for trying to make political hay out of this discussion. Discussing the closing of the gun show  loop hole does not in anyway infringe on the 2nd amendment and this action is supported by the majority of the people including  gun owners. 

Believe it or not even the NRA’s favorite Supreme Court Judge Justice Scalia agrees , here is what he had to say about the 2nd amendment “Like most rights, the Second Amendment Right is not unlimited, it is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose“.  You see the second amendment does not in anyway restrict from requiring background checks and also was written at a time when the technology for doing a background check did not exist nor did  many of our high power repeat action weapons.  This amendment was written for a different society then we have today . Like all amendments it was written for its time long ago and left open for reinterpretation , replacement or  deletion to suit the current times and the will of the people. To conjure up a convoluted proclamation to try to block a public hearing on something the people support and try to label those people unpatriotic for refusing to sign when those individuals have already taken an oath of office is insulting and indeed sad.  Mr. Mariano I am sure that 99.9 percent of the individuals that take part in the governing process, regardless of the label they work with or under and whether it be in an elected capacity or personal participation respect and honor our Constitution and our Bill of Rights which give us the right of having fair hearings.  We should take this very small step to at least insure some modicum of safety on the sale of guns in Pasco and insuring that we are not arming criminals.