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I suppose in the same way that a poll tax does or doesn’t abridge voting.
by prepend 5y ago
I suppose in the same way that a poll tax does or doesn’t abridge voting.
- krapp 5y agoPoll taxes are forbidden by the Constitution - paying insurance isn't. And the Venn diagram of gun owners and people who believe there should be a mandatory ID requirement for voting - a poll tax by another name - deeply overlaps, so that's a disingenuous argument.
- prepend 5y agoPoll taxes are forbidden by laws (I think civil rights voting act). Voting isn’t a right called out in the constitution, firearms are. I was just clarifying that charging a fee definitely limits an activity. People argued for poll taxes saying it wasn’t a large amount, it wasn’t, but the fees were enacted to limit voting. And specifically discriminate based on race. Not good. This “insurance” fee is designed to limit gun ownership so likely conflicts with the constitution.