guns and the social economics of mandatory liability insurance and taxation

[Dog Gone at Penigma]

34. In theory - yes

Prior to the 24th Amendment, poll taxes were legal. In one form, poll taxes were already discussed in Article 1 of the Constitution, under the capitation clause which is another word for poll taxes....which did not always refer to voting polls, but to the term poll referring to head.

In theory we could repeal the 2nd amendment, the same way the amendment that instituted prohibition was repealed. Nothing precludes the process by which amendments are added or repealed applying to any part of the Constitution so long as the process is followed correctly for ratification.

We would have to repeal the 24th amendment to pass a poll tax. The 24th amendment was passed banning poll taxes the way the 16th amendment was passed relating to income tax - although the U.S. had legal income taxes for years, at the federal level to pay for the war of 1812, and at the state level dating back to the colonial era of the 1600s.

I don't know who you are getting your information from about the Constitution and taxation, but they appear to be bone ignorant. Why don't you know these things for yourself; why don't you read a credible book or two on the topic (as distinct from right wing partisan crazy nonsense, of which there is such an abundance, but which doesn't pass peer review standards for accuracy).

However when it comes to requiring mandatory liability insurance, and/or taxation, it would be the commerce clause that applies. The 2nd Amendment is irrelevant - and as I already noted, most states already tax and charge fees relating to firearms and ammo, so I have no idea where you got the silly notion that guns couldn't be taxed because of the 2nd Amendment.