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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Wow, comparing gun insurance requirements with POLL TAXES???? [View all]oldhippie
(3,249 posts)3. I'd feel a lot safer if ...
... Repubs couldn't vote. Look at all the wars, killings, economic damage and mental anguish they cause. They put a significant burden on the rest of us that want to be safe. How about we find a way to tax them and encourage them to vote a little smarter? There oughta be a way to do that, right? Just some common sense regulation? Like Pubbies having to pay a fee for a class before voting, to learn those things that Democratic voters already know? And voting isn't even in the Bill of Rights!
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Wait, so car insurance mandates are because the big bad gubmint don't want people to own cars?
2ndAmForComputers
Feb 2013
#17
That "smell" of legislative intent is the stumbling block for religionist legislation.
Eleanors38
Feb 2013
#19
The FCC ensures you don't hear unauthorized interference on the radio or see porn on daytime TV.
alp227
Feb 2013
#34
Not in a substantial or impermissible way, I'd say. It's a question of legislative intent,
petronius
Feb 2013
#36
The reason there is so much moaning and screaming about these proposals from "RKBA enthusiasts"*
apocalypsehow
Feb 2013
#37