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Originally Posted by Nate Kirk
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Here, you've equated a fee to the government for the mere exercise of the right to the price of the materiel involved in the exercise of the right.
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Practically speaking it's the same effect.
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Different things can have a similar effect, yet still be different.
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Originally Posted by Nate Kirk
What I am talking about is raising the standard for firearm ownership. More and better training and education and more stringent background checks, accomplished through a process to obtain a license to own a firearm (probably similar to drivers training) would raise the standard. If a fee must be implemented for the license to offset the cost of the more in depth background checks and personnel then so be it. Firearms would be in the hands of less ignorant and unstable people, and all the people have to suffer is the inconvenience of educating themselves on the lethal weapon they wish to purchase.
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Let's apply this to voting.
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What I am talking about is raising the standard for voting. More and better training and education and more stringent background checks, accomplished through a process to obtain a license to vote (probably similar to drivers training) would raise the standard. If a fee must be implemented for the license to offset the cost of the more in depth background checks and personnel then so be it. Voting would be in the hands of less ignorant and unstable people, and all the people have to suffer is the inconvenience of educating themselves on the issues on which they vote.
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Not everything that is unconstitutional is a terrible idea; it just isn't constitutionally viable.