American Territories and Gun Control

GUN WATCH: CNMI* Senate Passes one of the Most Restrictive Gun Laws in the U.S.:

Dean Weingarten of GunWatch is keeping track of firearms-related legislation in the American Territories, and his news is .. not good.

According to his April 08, 2016 report, "The United State District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands recently ruled that existing gun laws, written by a peace corps volunteer in the 1970's, are unconstitutional, and violate the Second Amendment, in several provisions."

My understanding that the local charles-in-charge folks rewrote the firearms laws to suit themselves, drawing on the most draconian laws from several Continental municipalities .. eg: Chicago
(No, I have no reference to previous/other/current firearms laws in CNMI*)

The restrictions he describes refers to include provisions which most American states have already accepted as 'unconstitutional':

Here are some provisions which are included in the recent rulings, according to Weingarten:

• Caliber limitations: (.22 rimfire, .223 centerfire and 410 shotgun; nothing else, I guess) 
• "Gun Free Zones" so extensive that, in a small island, it seems impossible to legally transport a firearm because the 'zones' overlap, or nearly so
•  a $1,000 "temporary tax" on the importation of any pistol into the CNMI* within one year of the statute being passed. 
• exemptions for a 'privileged few' (members of the court, etc.)
• *(Incidently, "CNMI" refers to the "Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands". which  is an "American Territory".

Apparently, this American "territory" has become nothing more than a local Satrapsi, ruled by a clique which feels comfortable with defining local firearms laws with no reference at ALL to the accepted American laws regarding the Second Amendment.

I would write my own congress-critter asking for an investigation of the high-handed legislation.  Given that my own state and local critters are Democrats, I have no high expectations of their willingness to initiate an investigation.  If you have a more constitutional-friendly congressman, you might draw their attention to this situation.

Nobody else seems to have noticed, and the best I can do at this moment is to ring the bell. For the moment,  I leave it up to someone else to take immediate action.

Dean Weingarten is an excellent researcher who has gathered the information.  Now it's up to us to act on it, and to do whatever is possible to apply "common sense gun controls" permissions on the ruling warlords.