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Handgun Permit Fee
depserv:
Those who impose this system on us should be the ones to pay for it. What other rights are we forced to buy a license to exercise?
If Ernie Chambers is ok with having to pay a fee in order to exercise a Constitutional right, how about having to buy a permit to vote? Maybe $100 would be good, since Ernie seems ok with that amount. That'd probably take away a lof ot Ernie's base though, so maybe he wouldn't like it.
bullit:
Senator Carol Blood introduced this bill. The rumor is Bellvue PD requested such due to the "expense" to their department. Our (The NFOA) provided a VERY simple response ... "Send them to the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office"
DarryH:
If they do away with the useless registration, it would free up time and funds for other law enforcement needs.
Mali:
Although I do not agree with raising the price of the permit to the degree Blood is wanting, I agree with the permit. It isn't just for the retailers. We can require it for any sale we make to verify that the person buying from us is legal and we aren't necessarily selling into the black market. Armlist.com is a great place to find/sell firearms, but it is also leads to contact with others outside your personal circle you don't know and ca't say for certain are legal.
My $.02
CC:
Harper V Virginia Board of Elections made poll taxes illegal because "We conclude that a State violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment whenever it makes the affluence of the voter or payment of any fee an electoral standard. Voter qualifications have no relation to wealth nor to paying or not paying this or any other tax. [Footnote 4] Our cases demonstrate that the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment restrains the States from fixing voter qualifications which invidiously discriminate. Thus, without questioning the power of a State to impose reasonable residence restrictions on the availability of the ballot"
How does this not apply to exercising the 2nd amendment? It should be challenged as requiring a fee to exercise ones right discriminates based on ability to afford the fee.
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