Indiana Republican writes bill to force journalists to get licenses like gun owners

Rep. Jim Lucas (R-IN)

Indiana state Representative Jim Lucas (R) loves guns and hates the media. Specifically, he loves the idea of not forcing gun owners to obtain a permit, and hates the local media’s coverage of his efforts to abolish the state’s handgun licensing law. And he’s drafted a bill that’ll really show ’em, so he thinks:

An Indiana state lawmaker wants to see journalists obtain licenses with state police the same way handgun owners are required to do in the state, the Indy Star reported.

Rep. Jim Lucas (R-IN) wrote the bill earlier this year and said he may file it soon to make a statement about gun rights.

“If you’re OK licensing my Second Amendment right, what’s wrong with licensing your First Amendment right?” he told the Indy Star.

Such genius reasoning. It’s not like the latter protects basic civil rights whilst the former concerns lethal weapons or anything. (Wait, what am I saying? To Second-Amendment-worshippers, running around with lethal weapons is a basic civil right.)

Lucas basically admits this is just a stunt, and it wouldn’t have a ghost of a chance of passing anyway. That said, we may have found another thing Rep. Lucas loves: getting everyone with a functioning brainstem to laugh at him.

(via @fark)