Vermont Rep. Fred Maslack proposes bill requiring "non-gun-owners" to pay $500 fee

[rudiewhitebwoy]

I seem to remember this a few years ago, I guess they're trying it again.

http://wramsite.com/profiles/blogs/a-novel-approach-to-the-gun-ownership-issue?xg_source=activity

 

[chaser001]

I wonder how someone can get a copy of "the list" I'm someone will want to "send them a mailer."

 

[Boris]

I'm glad to see something sane come out of VT besides hippies and Ben's hair ice cream flavor. It's a "moonbat" tax ... well, it's not a tax ...

 

[dwarven1]

it's currently the only state that allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.

Gonna come as a rude surprise to Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming.

 

[Boghog1]

Gonna come as a rude surprise to Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming.

Come on do you expect them to validate everything they say?

 

[dwarven1]

Come on do you expect them to validate everything they say?

Only if they want to be taken seriously.

 

[Business]

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.

I always like reading things like that

 

[Business]

Gonna come as a rude surprise to Arizona, Alaska and Wyoming.

I don't know, that is why I am asking but do you need a permit to carry concealed in those states? Are they like NH where you can OC but need a permit to conceal?

 

[Contramnky]

Good for them. Take the SCOTUS' ruling and B. Hussein Obama's actions and stick it up their asses. ****-o's.

 

[daddysuperfly]

I don't know, that is why I am asking but do you need a permit to carry concealed in those states? Are they like NH where you can OC but need a permit to conceal?

I think Arizona just changed the law last year to allow concealed carry without a permit.

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[el duderino]

Thats the way it used to be, every abled bodied man was required to own and maintain a musket, I dont believe there was a fine if you didnt though.

 

[JSnaxx]

Bahhh ahahahahahahahahahah That's awesome

 

[Colt Delta Elite]

Nice

 

[ochmude]

It's humorous, but I really hope no one hear actually supports this. You can't be against the government forcing you to buy health insurance and at the same time be in favor of the government forcing you to buy a gun.

I think Arizona just changed the law last year to allow concealed carry without a permit.

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Arizona went to Constitutional carry in 2010. You can still get a permit, but it's completely optional.

 

[JuergenG]

It's humorous, but I really hope no one hear actually supports this. You can't be against the government forcing you to buy health insurance and at the same time be in favor of the government forcing you to buy a gun.

This!

 

[NinerMaine]

This!

Ahh.... but that is settled law. SCOTUS settled it if you remember. I may not like it and I may think it was a bad decision, but it is the Law of the Land. Therefore, if the Feds can tax people for not having insurance, why the hell not tax them for not being a responsible citizen and buy a gun?

 

[KBCraig]

I don't know, that is why I am asking but do you need a permit to carry concealed in those states? Are they like NH where you can OC but need a permit to conceal?

You do not need a license to carry concealed in AK or AZ, but you must be a WY resident to carry without a license there. All three states are "shall issue" states for those who want a license for reciprocity.

 

[OfficerObie59]

I think pro-gun legislators in Vermont need to STFU, lest the earthy-crunchy electorate become keenly aware of the lack of gun regulation and cry out for it.

Christ, you have constitutional carry--I wouldn't be pissing off the moonbats with stupid shit like this.

 

[WargameHub]

I think pro-gun legislators in Vermont need to STFU, lest the earthy-crunchy electorate become keenly aware of the lack of gun regulation and cry out for it.

Christ, you have constitutional carry--I wouldn't be pissing off the moonbats with stupid shit like this.

Moonbats and hippies in VT carry guns.

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[ThePreBanMan]

Vermont is a very weird place.. We call them moonbats, but they are really more like libertarians...

 

[Mark from MA]

Vermont is an extremely strange place. But i love the constitutional carry and the total lack of gun laws. I laugh at shxt like this but would not want anyone forced to pay a govt fee for anything.

 

[Scarecrow]

Article 9th. Citizens' rights and duties in the state; bearing arms; taxation
That every member of society hath a right to be protected in the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property, and therefore is bound to contribute the member's proportion towards the expense of that protection, and yield personal service, when necessary, or an equivalent thereto, but no part of any person's property can be justly taken, or applied to public uses, without the person's own consent, or that of the Representative Body, nor can any person who is conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms, be justly compelled thereto, if such person will pay such equivalent; nor are the people bound by any law but such as they have in like manner assented to, for their common good: and previous to any law being made to raise a tax, the purpose for which it is to be raised ought to appear evident to the Legislature to be of more service to community than the money would be if not collected.

Pay for your protection, or buy a gun, or move. Those are the options.

Don't we get the same thing from the other direction constantly? "If you don't like the laws that make it hard for you to get a permit to concealed carry, then go move someplace better!" Sounds like they are trying to put the shoe on the other foot now, and the constitution supports them in it.

...My cousin lives in Vermont, maybe I'll see if he has land nearby for sale.

 

[dwarven1]

It's humorous, but I really hope no one hear actually supports this. You can't be against the government forcing you to buy health insurance and at the same time be in favor of the government forcing you to buy a gun.

I personally like the Kennesaw, GA model. You MUST own a gun... unless you have beliefs that are against it, in which case you're exempt from that law. I'd say being a hoplophobe or a barking moonbat would qualify...