If we invoked Emergency Powers every time weapons were found smuggled over the border, we'd be living in a constant state of suppression.

I'ma let you in on a little secret here, not a lot of people know about it: Guns aren't cursed artifacts. Touching one doesn't turn somebody into a psycho killer. They are, in fact, completely inert and safe to handle as long as proper precautions are taken, like not keeping the damn thing loaded all the time.

People who are afraid of guns seem to think that they're like a vial of nitroglycerine, like the slightest mishandling will result in someone dead or injured. If they were that dangerous, nobody would use them. Were they headed somewhere they shouldn't? Probably, but that's no reason to shut down the whole fucking country. We have police and troopers for a reason.