The youngest are the next victims of gun control! by Bohdan Rabarsky
The days of a youngster finding a Daisy BB gun under the Christmas tree may soon be fading if Democrat law makers in Albany have their way. Senator Rachel May sponsored Senate bill S9215 and Assemblywoman Gabriella Romero sponsored Assembly bill A10701, both of which would prohibit anyone under 18 years of age from purchasing what they refer to as “imitation weapons;” a BB gun, air rifle, pellet gun. The barrels would have to be brightly colored and plugged so they wouldn’t be able to fire a projectile.
The manufacturer of the Daisy BB gun was established in 1882 as the Plymouth Iron Windmill Company. In 1888, it started building BB caliber air rifles. Since its introduction in the spring of 1940, their Red Ryder BB Gun has been featured in TV shows and movies. After over 140 unmolested years, the BB gun is in danger.
To this day, youngsters have been brought up asking for BB guns and Dads have been teaching their children how to use them, educate them on their safety and teaching them marksmanship while shooting at tin cans.
Until now, the anti-gun left has not had any luck at banning guns in New York State by amending, removing or circumventing the 2nd Amendment. But, none of the guns listed in these bills are covered by the 2nd Amendment as the left is not coming for the guns, they’re aiming at the underlying gun culture. The left’s best alternative to radical gun control is to bring up a generation of youth that has no personal and emotional connection to firearms. A generation that did not have a BB gun passed down from their father or have a family tradition of shooting BBs in their backyard.
And even scarier to the left is that girls are breaking the male stereotype and entering the gun culture, creating even more potential defenders of the 2nd Amendment.
The left hopes that this new generation will vote away their rights without a fight because they have no connection to that backyard firearm and no connection to the 2nd Amendment.
The BB gun isn’t just a toy to amuse children, it’s the gateway to start a young child’s love of shooting. It’s where the 2nd Amendment Right gets its foundation, becomes personal, and teaches a young person how to defend that right. Without that foundation, they will be the first generation that’ll never know SCOPE (Shooters Committee on Political Education), the National Rifle Association, Gun Owners of America or the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association.
Let the legislators in Albany know how much you oppose S9215 and A10701.
