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Never thought I would see the day when something like this happened in MA. Although the skeptic in me keeps wondering...What's the catch?
It is $40 and yes your right there should be no charge. In fact there should be no licensing of a right.
Well at least it won't go up.
And that, my friend, is EXACTLY the reaction they wanted.
We're happy because the UNCONSTITUTIONAL firearm permit fee is ONLY $100.
Doesn't that just kick you in the balls?
But . . . usually if the House and Senate pass different versions of a bill, it goes to a Conference Committee to hash out the differences (this is where the Ch. 180 bill got totally re-written) and then gets voted on again in both chambers.
Not sure, given the short time on what they will do however.
We have a winner. If it was a CCW permit, the fee would technically be constitutional. But, it's an OWNER's permit, and therefore cannot be charged for.
Time to get the challenge up, folks.
And that, my friend, is EXACTLY the reaction they wanted.
We're happy because the UNCONSTITUTIONAL firearm permit fee is ONLY $100.
Doesn't that just kick you in the balls?
True but lowering the cost kind of came out of nowhere.
Lowering the cost came from a bill that GOAL came up with for us.
Whether or not this makes it through, its nice to see someone give Patrick the pimp hand.
We've got to go after this -- the fee is illegal!
And that, my friend, is EXACTLY the reaction they wanted.
We're happy because the UNCONSTITUTIONAL firearm permit fee is ONLY $100.
Doesn't that just kick you in the balls?
???Unless I missed something there was no bill submitted by GOAL. The amendment was filed on the floor by Rep. Peterson.
The point was that it didn't come out of nowhere. George Peterson simply proposed an amendment that incorporated the GOAL bill's fee reduction into Coupe Devall's budget bill.
All I am saying is that nobody knew anything about it (except maybe the "inner circle").
Hopefully people like Rep. Peterson keep pushing for our freedoms.
LOTS of us knew about the reduction proposal. It was "reported" here on NES many months ago. It just didn't go anywhere when GOAL proposed it.
Rep. Peterson is a staunch GOAL supporter. He attends the GOAL Banquet (at least back when we only held 1/year) and is a very down-to-earth guy to talk with. He also proves that you can't use "labels" (D) to determine who your enemies are, you actually need to know something about them and where they stand on your issues.
Isn't Rep. Peterson a Republican?
Yes, he is. He's a great guy. Very down to earth. I met him at a time for Sue Pope a couple years back. We had a great chat.