Common Sense? What does it all mean?

Last week saw the posting (mailing) of my State-required firearm forms, declaring my possession of a dreaded "Assault" type carbine (short rifle), a 9MM Beretta, CX4 Storm, as well as all of my various magazines that are capable of holding ten or more bullets.

Just what, in the sweet dreams of Hercules, the State of Connecticut is going to do with those forms, (DPS-414-C (Rev.10/02/13) & DESPP-788-C (Rev.10/02/13), is anyone's guess.  If there was ever a concrete example of red tape, government waste, duplication of effort, privacy infringement, and erosion of Constitutionally guaranteed rights, poorly hidden under the veil of "common sense", this idiocy is it.

The State should already know I have the Beretta, they asked me to provide them with a copy of the DPS-3 form that they already have. That form was filled out at the time of purchase in quadruplicate. It was then sent to them, and my local police department. The retailer got another copy, and I got the last copy. Holy hewn hemlocks!; that's a lot of paperwork. Where did their original copy go? Golly-gee-willikers, is THAT a rhetorical question.

As far as listing all the High Capacity Magazines I own, what does that accomplish exactly? Well, for one, it gives the Gub-mint an all-knowing-all-seeing type of self-satisfaction. "Ha-Ha! We know where you live, and we can come and get those nasty folded sheet metal contrivances any damn time we want...ahem...after we change/skirt the laws."

Can you imagine for a moment, the stacks of 8 1/2 X 11 sheets of paper in some poor bastard's office. There are nearly two hundred thousand legal gun owners in Connecticut. I'll wager a good portion of those "law abiding citizens" have at least one magazine that can hold more than ten bullets. THAT my friend, is a lot of paperwork. The good side of this paperwork nightmare is that the criminals, hoodlums, and maniacs will not be bothering to register their "Assault" weapons or "High Capacity Magazines". Comforting, isn't it?

Again, the purpose of all this is....? I thought so, not an easy question to answer. The GOV and Democratic legislators would explain it as "common sense" measures. Really??? Most of them would not know which end of an AK-47 the bullet comes out of.

In my opinion, the last time "common sense" and the government were used together in a cogent way was back in 1775, when Common Sense, a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from their tyrannical Government...

Those of you that might stumble upon this missive and deplore the idea of common citizens bearing arms, or possessing firearms for self-protection, please take a moment to think about the idea of self-defense. It is THE most basic right. You are readily and gladly ceding that right, in hopes that someone else, (the Government namely), will protect you when evil comes knocking at your door. In the meantime, you sit and cower, cell phone to your ear, hoping the 911 operator gets your address transmitted to the prowl car properly. Good luck with that. Those citizens back in 1775 sure as hell did not sit and cower.

Sorry, that last paragraph was off topic. I just couldn't help myself. Correction, I actually CAN and WILL help myself, if necessary. Can you say and do the same? If the answer to that is no, start practicing your cower position. I suggest butt on the floor, knees to chest, whimper into cellphone. This is more comfortable than the kneeling in the closet position.

Merry Christmas to one and all! To steal a line from Dickens; "God bless us, everyone." Especially bless the townsfolk of Sandy Hook, Connecticut. Why not go out and do something nice for someone, to honor them, and to remember that awful day one year ago, when evil came knocking at that school door.

Gaff