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Terran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-27-03 11:35 AM
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63. Ok, that does establish a legal principle
but that doesn't make it "illegal" to charge fees without waivers for "poor people". There are any number of ways such a common law precendent might affect a future national gun licensing scheme. But it's not accurate to say that even a Supreme Court decision makes something "illegal" when there are no existing laws to be invalidated by the decision. Lawmakers, either state or federal, would have to enact laws or regulations to make such a thing "illegal." Without such laws, someone who felt their rights were being violated in that manner would be forced to litigate the matter, as there is no statute (that I know of) protecting them, just case law.

Dirk
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