From what I can tell, the fee for the gun safety course required to purchase certain semi-auto firearms in Colorado goes to the instructor. There seems to be no set limit on what can be charged; prices seem to range from about $90 to $135.
I asked if the money went to anti 2nd amendment ad campaigns, not an analogy on how your case is structured. I get that, and I’m not disrupting your right to feel that way. I simply asked how the money was being spent. Some states take fees and use it to buy land, fund youth programs. Could this be the case? I dunno? That’s why I asked the question.it’s a fact. If I told you that you have to pay 100$ then go to a class for an entire weekend, pass a U.S. history test, then file more paperwork and then wait for said paperwork to be approved just to vote. Do you think more or less people would vote? Would you say that is an infringement on voter rights? Or would you say, “well you can still vote no big deal!”
It is absolutely an infringement on a RIGHT
Interesting. I have absolutely no qualms about being required to attend a safety course in order to show that I am competent in owning a firearm. I’d say it is akin to being required to attend hunter safety, driving courses, etc. With great power comes great responsibility. But to charge a fee ( excessive for many people) in order to exercise said rights is habitual line stepping.
The difference is that driving and hunting aren't constitutional rights.
How do we go about proving someone is capable of exercising these rights in a manner that isn’t detrimental to society ?
Didn’t see where you asked that. Don’t care. My rights aren’t for sale for “good ideas” or “good causes” we pour billions to the state in the form of taxes, fees, and they don’t get to tax a right even if it’s for eliminating childhood hunger, sorry
Freedom is scary and dangerous huh? Better just give it all up
Not at all. I just find the conversation of independent liberty over the greater good to be fascinating. How a society and culture goes about carving that line. It’s interesting.
