The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. Period. There is no fine print.
That being said, I live in Mississippi where the fee for an original application for ccw permit is $132.00. After a citizen of Ms. Reaches the age of 65 the fee drops to $85.00.
These application/licence fees, which are charged in most states that allow ccw, are in reality a tax levied against a Constitutional right granted to us as Americans. Nothing more or less.
When you purchase a handgun or rifle, we are not charged a fee by the federal government to be cleared for weapons purchase, as non felons, domestic violence convicts, etc, etc. Shouldn't that be enough??
Americans past the age of 60 who are less able to physically defend themselves, are more likely to be on a fixed income, must shell out a fee, in order to legally carry protection. Anyone without a CCW permit, if charged here in Ms. face up to $500.00 fine and possible jail time.
In 1948 the Supreme Court (Murdoch v. Pennsylvania) ruled that a licence fee cannot be levied against a person, in order for that person to exercise his rights, granted under the Constitution, to wit freedom of religion
In this case Murdoch was a Jehovah's Witness minister solicititing membership in the church. The community tried to force him to purchase a licence to solicit in the community.
Since a precedent has already set why are we still paying these taxes, to be safer AMERICANS?
Jim S.
That being said, I live in Mississippi where the fee for an original application for ccw permit is $132.00. After a citizen of Ms. Reaches the age of 65 the fee drops to $85.00.
These application/licence fees, which are charged in most states that allow ccw, are in reality a tax levied against a Constitutional right granted to us as Americans. Nothing more or less.
When you purchase a handgun or rifle, we are not charged a fee by the federal government to be cleared for weapons purchase, as non felons, domestic violence convicts, etc, etc. Shouldn't that be enough??
Americans past the age of 60 who are less able to physically defend themselves, are more likely to be on a fixed income, must shell out a fee, in order to legally carry protection. Anyone without a CCW permit, if charged here in Ms. face up to $500.00 fine and possible jail time.
In 1948 the Supreme Court (Murdoch v. Pennsylvania) ruled that a licence fee cannot be levied against a person, in order for that person to exercise his rights, granted under the Constitution, to wit freedom of religion
In this case Murdoch was a Jehovah's Witness minister solicititing membership in the church. The community tried to force him to purchase a licence to solicit in the community.
Since a precedent has already set why are we still paying these taxes, to be safer AMERICANS?
Jim S.
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