Idaho rejects gun control bill aimed at domestic abusers

[struggle4progress]

MARCH 8, 2018

By Ben Olson
Reader Staff

The Idaho House of Representatives voted down a gun control bill Tuesday that would have prevented convicted domestic abusers from owning firearms.

The Associated Press reported the House GOP members voted 39-31 to prevent the measure from moving to the Senate after critics of the bill argued that it infringed upon the Second Amendment.

“Statistics show if people want to have access to a gun, they will,” Rep. Bryan Zollinger, R-Idaho Falls, told the AP. “But there’s just no way to enforce it.”

The Idaho Attorney General’s office released an opinion countering that the bill did not violate constitutional rights ...

http://sandpointreader.com/idaho-rejects-gun-control-bill-aimed-domestic-abusers/

[GP6971]

1. Well, it's Idaho

so no surprise there.

[Ohiogal]

2. This is just insane!

Because it's "too hard to enforce" they won't even try???

There is no way a convicted abuser should have a gun. NO WAY!

[handmade34]

3. no words...

we just had a woman killed nearby by her partner (who had a restraining order) damn lawmakers are fucking idiots

[ProudLib72]

4. Idaho

No GOP, you da ho, and your pimp is the NRA.

[Fred Sanders]

5. Statistics show if people want to have access to illegal drugs, they will. But there is just no way

to enforce it...so why have drug laws at all?

That is actually the level of gunner thinking. Incredible, isn't it.

"Statistics show if people want to have access to a gun, they will,” Rep. Bryan Zollinger, R-Idaho Falls, told the AP. “But there’s just no way to enforce it."