Wow, comparing gun insurance requirements with POLL TAXES???? [View all]

[alp227]

How stupid can the 2nd amendment authoritarians' arguments get, first from "car accidents kill more people" to comparing gun taxes or insurance requirements to...the poll tax! See this letter to the editor in my local paper, "Legislators trampling rights of gun owners":

While the legislators in Sacramento trip over themselves trying to look tough on gun control, let me remind them that they are recklessly tampering with the Bill of Rights. This is not the Bill of Privileges whereby elected officials can dole out favors at their whim. The right to bear arms shall not be infringed, yet that is exactly what they are doing. Requiring classes, testing, annual recertification, onerous registration and liability insurance will impose a substantial financial burden on gun owners. No one should have to pay good money to exercise any of their constitutionally guaranteed rights. The high cost in money and time will discourage gun ownership just like poll taxes were used to discourage an entire segment of society from voting.Fortunately, that was declared unconstitutional, as will this newly proposed gun control legislation.

(Comments edited out after reading replies. Let's focus on dissecting the letter writer's idea.)