2nd Amendment Auto Tag Proposed

Josey1

2nd Amendment Auto Tag ProposedBy JOE FOLLICK jfollick@tampatrib.com Published: Sep 26, 2001TALLAHASSEE - A Tampa Bay area lawmaker is taking a shot at giving gun owners a license plate of their own - while raising money to teach children about gun safety. Rep. Ken Littlefield, R-Dade City, is proposing a Protect the Second Amendment specialty plate. He filed House Bill 149 last week; the Legislature will consider it in January. The proposed plate would be emblazoned with an image of ``a Revolutionary War soldier, standing with his family and a 13-star United States flag and holding a musket.'' Littlefield said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks confirmed the need to celebrate the constitutional right to own a gun. ``We need to underscore the freedoms we enjoy in America; not just underscore them, but put them in bold type,'' he said. The Second Amendment states, ``A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.'' Acknowledging the musket-toting Revolutionary War soldier also is a favorite symbol of militia groups, Littlefield said his plate is intended to commemorate the spirit of the first American ``patriot.'' Proceeds from the sale of the plate would pay for gun safety courses at private and public schools across the state. The plate is the brainchild of Bill Bunting, head of the Pasco County-based Second Amendment Club of America and a National Rifle Association-licensed gun safety instructor. Bunting said Tuesday he is not aware of any schools offering such training, and that if the bill became law, the NRA would help set up the programs. The bill already has drawn criticism. Tom Burke, spokesman for the Tampa Bay Chapter of the Million Mom March, said the Legislature should focus on preventing criminals from getting guns. ``Why don't we protect individual citizens rather than make the gun lobby happy?'' he said. The state has 51 specialty plates. This is the first time a Second Amendment plate has been proposed in the Legislature. Reporter Joe Follick can be reached at (850) 222-8382.http://tampatrib.com/floridametronews/MGAC4WSM2SC.html

Josey1

From The Tampa Tribune... TALLAHASSEE - A Tampa Bay area lawmaker is taking a shot at giving gun owners alicense plate of their own.I'll try and be first in line, if 218Bee don't beat me there http://tampatrib.com/floridametronews/MGAC4WSM2SC.html

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wiredog

If this passes I hope Missouri catches on and does the same thing. I would be the first one in line to purchase one. I hope every state in the entire country passes it!

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Free N TX

Thanks for the info. I am going to send a copy of this to my reps here in Texas and request they follow suit. If every state had a program like this, it would help educate the kids which could help reduce the risk of somebodies kid from getting hurt.Oh my goodness... Here we are thinking of the children... Surely the liberals will be behind us in this one, afterall they are always saying if a progam saves just one childs life that it is worth it. Even the brainless Brady Bunch can't argue with the logic of this program (and they want to think of the children too).