A Florida legislator wants anyone trying to buy ammunition to complete an anger management program first, in what critics say is the latest example of local lawmakers reaching for constitutionally-dubious solutions to the problem of gun violence.
The bill filed Saturday by state Sen. Audrey Gibson, D-Jacksonville, would require a three-day waiting period for the sale of any firearm and the sale of ammunition to anyone who has not completed anger management courses. The proposal would require ammo buyers to take the anger management courses every 10 years.
Gibsonââ¬â¢s bill does not offer a threshold for the amount of ammunition needed to necessitate the need for anger management courses.
Critics of the bill, however, derided the legislation as ââ¬Åabsolutely ridiculousââ¬Â and suggested that Gibson take a course on the U.S. Constitution.
ââ¬ÅWhen I first saw it, I thought it had to be a joke,ââ¬Â said Sean Caranna, executive director of Florida Carry, a nonprofit group championing the right to bear arms. ââ¬ÅTheyââ¬â¢re trying to say that anyone who owns a gun or shoots a gun or has ammunition for it needs counseling and obviously has some anger problems.ââ¬Â
