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2nd Amendment Auto Tag Proposed
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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
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