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oldhippie

(3,249 posts)
3. I'd feel a lot safer if ...
Mon Feb 18, 2013, 11:09 PM
Feb 2013

... 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!

how are they authoritarians? gejohnston Feb 2013 #1
Quack, quack, quack. baldguy Feb 2013 #4
I am so impressed with your gejohnston Feb 2013 #9
Post removed Post removed Feb 2013 #15
Maybe just another quack? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #16
A pretty toothless federal felony in the absence of mandatory registration. Loudly Feb 2013 #8
"authoritarians" holdencaufield Feb 2013 #2
That's funny, you said the same thing to me ThatPoetGuy Feb 2013 #7
I'd feel a lot safer if ... oldhippie Feb 2013 #3
So ... just to be clear ... holdencaufield Feb 2013 #13
I believe that may be sarcasm... Marengo Feb 2013 #23
So hard to tell these days ... holdencaufield Feb 2013 #24
No kidding! DonP Feb 2013 #26
I would only ever condone drone strikes ... holdencaufield Feb 2013 #27
Leaving your turn signal on should be a drone worthy issue. N/T DonP Feb 2013 #31
As well as leaving on your mobile phone in the cinema holdencaufield Feb 2013 #32
Message auto-removed nellschmertz Mar 2013 #38
Except for the fact, they are illegal holdencaufield Mar 2013 #39
You DO realize, don't you Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #40
You never had a chat with a robot? holdencaufield Mar 2013 #41
Naw, Spam is GREAT! Cirque du So-What Mar 2013 #42
I guess you need to add the... Bay Boy Feb 2013 #5
Much worse than any poll tax ileus Feb 2013 #6
But voting is a far more constructive way of changing government alp227 Feb 2013 #28
To the extent that a fee, tax, or requirement is intended to interfere with, petronius Feb 2013 #10
Very good points. aptal Feb 2013 #12
Wait, so car insurance mandates are because the big bad gubmint don't want people to own cars? 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2013 #17
Owning & operating a car on the public ways is a state privilege. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #18
That "smell" of legislative intent is the stumbling block for religionist legislation. Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #19
So does the fcc also impede on 1A rights alp227 Feb 2013 #29
yes gejohnston Feb 2013 #33
The FCC ensures you don't hear unauthorized interference on the radio or see porn on daytime TV. alp227 Feb 2013 #34
not the same thing gejohnston Feb 2013 #35
Not in a substantial or impermissible way, I'd say. It's a question of legislative intent, petronius Feb 2013 #36
reasonable restrictions exist, this is not one of them iiibbb Feb 2013 #11
liability insurance for guns jimmy the one Feb 2013 #14
Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's off to the SCOTUS we go!! SayWut Feb 2013 #20
Good gun insurance is possible and cheap but goes beyond liability. guninsuranceblog Feb 2013 #21
So this insurancewill cover willful and illegal acts? SQUEE Feb 2013 #22
Another hit and run OP oldhippie Feb 2013 #25
See replies 28+29. N/t alp227 Feb 2013 #30
The reason there is so much moaning and screaming about these proposals from "RKBA enthusiasts"* apocalypsehow Feb 2013 #37
not necessarily bossy22 Mar 2013 #43
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