-Caveat Lector-
INSIDE THE GUN CONTROL BILL
Political analysts warn that there are a number of freedom-
robbing elements lurking -- but not publicized -- in the juvenile
crime, or gun control, bill. Both houses of Congress have passed
separate versions of the bill, with the differences to be worked
out in a conference committee.
New York University Law School's Dave Kopel has been writing and
speaking out on some of the legislation's hidden provisions.
o The federal government would be allowed to seize the
property of a person who is convicted of any federal
felony -- and this forfeiture rule applies to state
felonies as well.
o The federal government could also seize the property of
a person who commits a misdemeanor under state law if
physical harm results from that misdemeanor.
o Police would be allowed to monitor private pager
communications without a warrant.
o The bill would void a federal law that restricts the
government from compiling a list of gun owners.
It also imposes a mandatory one-year sentence for violating a
federal gun law which says that adults can't give handguns to
minors. In a report for the Independence Institute, Kopel and
James Winchester pointed out that a father who gives a family
heirloom in a locked case to his son on the boy's 17th birthday
would have to spend a mandatory year in prison.
Source: David B. Kopel & James Winchester, "Unfair and
Unconstitutional: The New Federal Juvenile Crime and Gun Control
Proposals," Issue Paper No. 3-99, June 3, 1999, Independence
Institute, 14142 Denver West Pkwy., Suite 185, Golden, Colo.
80401, (303) 279-6536; Editorial, "A Freedom-Control Bill,"
Investor's Business Daily, June 30, 1999.
For text http://www.i2i.org/SuptDocs/Crime/unfair.htm
For more on Crime and Punishment in America
http://www.ncpa.org/pi/crime/crime33.html#A
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