Quick Democrats! Pick the Constitutional amendment you hate the most. If you need it, I’ll give you a Second

At this moment, Barack Obama, our neophyte trillion-dollar president, includes as one of his stated policy goals the reinstatement of the laughably ineffective Assault Weapons Ban amid other policies that are not only offensive to gun owners, but also threaten the lives of police officers.

Bob Owens goes on to detail a horrific bill proposed by what can only be described in polite company as a misguided Illinois state representative

An Illinois state representative by the name of Kenneth Dunkin is introducing an even more draconian proposal than Obama’s policies, attempting to make it all but impossible for Illinois citizens to own firearms. It’s an insidious scheme which would force citizens to carry at least $1 million in insurance to own a gun. The plan is being all but ignored in the media, the same media that would be verbally ripping Dunkin’s proposed legislation apart if he proposed that journalists have a million-dollar libel insurance policy before writing a story.

Having bought it, a million dollar liability insurance policy for public event promoters can run several hundred dollars a year. The insurance Dunkin is proposing requiring does not exist.

Fortunately in Tennessee, we have smarter legislators. Democrat House member Eddie Bass has proposed that gun permit holder records be sealed from public view

The new bill would make unauthorized publication of the information a misdemeanor that could be punished with a maximum fine of $2,500.

Bass, who represents Giles and Marshall counties in southern Middle Tennessee, said letting the public see the gun permit database is an invasion of privacy and empowers criminals, making permit holders easy targets for burglaries and endangering women protecting themselves from their abusers.

Privacy matters, no matter what the issue. You would think more Democrats would be interested in supporting such legislation. I bet if someone proposed posting a database of abortion providers on Tennessee’s government website there would be a tad more hell to pay.

UPDATE Bass’ bill has emerged from subcommittee.