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Posted by whip on October 26, 2009, 9:55 pm
>> HEY GUN OWNERS ; YOU HAVE GOT TO ENJOY THIS ONE!!!!!
>>
>> Subject: Sensible Gun Registration
>>
>> Those of you who live in Vermont have a crackerjack Representative!
>> Finally ..... A Sensible Gun Registration Plan That Will Work.
>>
>> Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to
>> the U.S. Constitution, as well as Vermont 's own Constitution very
>> carefully, and his strict interpretation of these documents is popping
>> some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.
>>
>> Maslack recently proposed a bill to register "non-gun-owners" and require
>> them to pay a $500 fee to the state. Thus Vermont would become the first
>> state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and
>> assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun.
>>
>> Maslack read the "militia" phrase of the Second Amendment as not only
>> affirming the right of the individual citizen to bear arms, but as a
>> clear mandate to do so. He believes that universal gun ownership was
>> advocated by the Framers of the Constitution as an antidote to a
>> "monopoly of force", by the government as well as criminals.
>>
>> Vermont 's constitution states explicitly that "the people have a right
>> to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State" and those
>> persons who are "conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms" shall be
>> required to "pay such equivalent." Clearly, says Maslack, Vermonters have
>> a constitutional obligation to arm themselves, so that they are capable
>> of responding to "any situation that may arise."
>>
>> Under the bill, adults who choose not to own a firearm would be required
>> to register their name, address, Social Security Number, and driver's
>> license number with the state. "There is a legitimate government interest
>> in knowing who is not prepared to defend the state should they be asked
>> to do so,"
>> Maslack says Vermont already boasts a high rate of gun ownership along
>> with the least restrictive laws of any state .. it's currently the only
>> state that allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a
>> permit. This combination of plenty of guns and few laws regulating them
>> has resulted in a crime rate that is the third lowest in the nation
>> "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the
>> system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
>> This makes sense! There is no reason why gun owners should have to pay
>> taxes to support police protection for people not wanting to own guns.
>> Let them contribute their fair share and pay their own way.
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Responses:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
The Constitution of the United States of America :
Amendment 2