By Michael E. Miller
Last year, 12-year-old Zarriel Trotter (click here) spoke out against the violence roiling his Chicago neighborhood.
“I don’t want to live around my community where I’ve got to keep on hearing and hearing: People keep on getting shot, people keep on getting killed,” Trotter said in a public service announcement about the effect of gun violence on the city’s black youth.
The February 2015 video won an award, but gun violence in Chicago only got worse.
And on Friday, in a tragic twist, Trotter became one of its latest victims....
13 year old Zarriel Trotter (click here) recovering from surgery after being hit by stray bullet on West Side. @cbschicago
Major cities such as Chicago and New York City state their violence is directly effected by the fact guns can be brought into the city from states where the guns are not regulated.
Would a federal law be unconstitutional due to the interstate commerce clause?
I would be surprised if the Supreme Court decided against the safety of Americans. Owning firearms is suppose to exist to protect a person in their homes. When firearms can be transported by interstate commerce, the possibility of a ready militia against the government at any level takes on some very real potential. The lack of interstate transportation is negligent of the US Congress.
Federal law does not restrict individuals (click here) from transporting legally acquired firearms across state lines for lawful purposes except those explicitly prohibited by federal law to include convicted felons; persons under indictment for felonies; adjudicated “mental defectives” or those who have been involuntarily committed to mental institutions; illegal drug users; illegal aliens and most non-immigrant aliens; dishonorably discharged veterans; those who have renounced their U.S. citizenship; fugitives from justice; persons convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence; and persons subject to certain domestic violence restraining orders. Therefore, no federal permit is required (or available) for the interstate transportation of firearms....
