Gun Control Forbidden?

So, what are we going to do about it? [Read]

This link is going around in emails and on social media sites. I'd love to see a Kopel or a Hardy weigh in on it and get their read.

UPDATE: As suspected, this used a real law as a springboard to promulgate a false premise.   I'd heard of the Dick Act--

UPDATE: As suspected, this used a real law as a springboard to promulgate a false premise.   I'd heard of the Dick Act--here's the law-- but not the interpretation going around in the emails.

UPDATE 2: My wish was granted. Mr. Hardy blogged "Dick Act mythmaking."  Say that 10 times real fast.

UPDATE 3: Mr. Kopel joins in.

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