Hey, actually I was serious. My comment was directed at the poster who stated, “i don't have a problem with the feds issuing permits. . . .” Because I am not aware of any handgun permit that is issued for free (or perhaps any other federal permit issued for free), I interpret this post as:
1) I have no objection to paying a fee to the federal government in order to exercise my constitutional right to keep and bear arms;
2) I have no objection to denying the right to keep and bear arms to citizens who refuse to apply for the permit and/or pay the required fee; and
3) I have no objection to allowing the federal government to make determinations [and perhaps arbitrary determinations] regarding who is entitled to exercise the right to keep and bear arms.
It bothers me that citizens of the United States are readily willing to allow the federal government to force them to obtain a permit to exercise a constitutional right.
My analogy to the rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment was intended to the make the point (that was pretty much expressed by the folks who responded to my post) that to compare the need to obtain a permit to exercise a constitutional right for any right other than the right to keep and bear arms is “whackadoo” and “makes no sense whatsoever . . . .”
Rather than ridicule my post, please explain why it is perfectly logical to give the federal government the right to condition the constitutional right to keep and bear arms upon obtaining a permit, but ludicrous to suggest that the government could impose such a condition on any other constitutional right (e.g., the right against search and seizure).
i simply meant that our names are put through a national database to try t weed out the crazies, to buy a gun.
if we pass that "test" we should be given the right to c.c.. in spite of what the state says.
very simple, no extra work needed. just like a fishing license, print out the permit and go on your way.
but you seem to go to the extreme.
and where did the "fee" thing come from?? ???
