A Novel Idea. Register non-gun owners
Resist net.com
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.
Wild Thing’s comment………
What a great idea!
……Thank you RAC for sending this to me.
RAC has a website that is awesome. 336th Assault Helicopter Company
13th Combat Aviation Battalion – 1st Aviation Brigade – Soc Trang, Republic of Vietnam
Like the KGB agents told us in Moscow and Leningrad and St. Petersberg during our USAF airlift missions in the 80s…”Comrade Yurri, we don’t fear your US military in an all out war. We fear going neighborhood to neighborhood with your 2nd Amendment rights…. !” – Stoli Up Comrades!
Good idea. Register all non gun owners. Let their names be on a list. Maybe the framers of The Bill of Rights meant the right to bear arms may be to protect ourselves against a neccesary well regulated militia(the state).
Vermont? That’s a shocker. I thought Vermont was lib-land. They’re more supportive of Amendment 2 than Texas. Rep. Maslack, keep up the good work.
We need someone like Maslack as Lt. Governor in Texas. I say Lt. Governor because David Dewhurst has a much more powerful position than the governor in Texas Senate. There is a reason why Dewhurst is sometimes refered to as “King of Texas.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Texas
Darth, WOW amazing, thanks so much.
Tom, good point.
And yes get their name on a list, ours sure
is.
Jim, it surprised me too.
JohnE PFC U.S. Army, thanks for the link
and the information.