There has been and always will be a heated debate over the possession and the sale of guns in the United States. Attempts to limit the sale and ownership of firearms are common but have always failed due in great part to the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
Recently it appears that the proponents of gun control are trying a new approach. While they continue their frontal assault on the sale and ownership of firearms, this is only a ploy to distract the public from their flank attack, which is:
“They will let Americans own their guns, but they will make sure that the government controls the sale of ammunition.”
This new method of gun control seems to be gaining a foothold in the United States. Their tactic is to gradually reduce the availability of ammunition to Americans who own guns. At first the government said they only wanted to limit the sale of certain kinds of ammunition that could only be used for illegal purposes. Then the ban expanded to other types of ammunition. Gun shops were forced to move their stock from the store shelves to behind the counters and then into locked cabinets. Now laws are being passed to prevent the sale of ammunition through the mail. Through these gradual changes to the law, it is getting more and more difficult to buy even common varieties of ammunition.
“You can keep your precious guns,” they laugh, “but just try and use them without ammunition.”
Recently some gun and ammunition stores in California have had enough! They have filed a lawsuit against the government for violating the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution. They claim that these new laws are limiting their ability to sell guns and specifically ammunition across state lines.
We will see how successful these brave Americans are as they battle to preserve the right of every citizen to own, AND USE, a gun in the United States of America.
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