Government stupidity

I know, redundant.

I just got a bill from the Wisconsin Department of Justice for three "transactions" for the "Handgun Hotline" - Wisconsin's totally redundant Brady check just for handgun transfers. $13 for each "subject" to check if they are naughty enough to be denied a transfer. This used to be much less - our Demonrats in Madison figured gun buyers are an easy mark for fleecing.

We pay taxes to the feds - and part of that money is used to run the FBI E-Check system, that does the same thing, unless the individual state has it's own system - like Ill-Annoys has its' FOID system run by the Illinois State Police.

The "Handgun Hotline" inquiry requires a phone call to the Department of Justice Crime Information Bureau, where a nice (really!) person takes your customer's information, and gives an answer within a day or so via phone call. Once approved, the transfer can happen after a 48-hour delay, to give the customer a chance to cool down - since we all know gun transfers are always in the heat of the moment. It's nice to know the State assumes we all are criminals until proven otherwise, isn't it?

Wisconsin is in serious financial trouble. An easy thing to do to both help the debt and more closely follow the Constitution would be to eliminate this bureau and the insane wait, and let the already-paid-for E-Check do the job. The E-Check is all computerized, and gives results in a couple minutes in most cases.

Once we've shed ourselves of the "Handgun Hotline", then we need to repeal the Brady Act to get the feds out of the business of infringing on the Second Amendment by requiring we ask Big Brother "pretty please may I" before buying a freedom tool.