Perhaps more importantly, now that the 2A is firmly established as an enumerated, personal right, any attempts to collect fees, require exams, etc should be treated no differently than voting rights ie poll taxes, qualification exams, etc have all consistently been struck down.
I was initially dismayed that the vote was 5-4, but on consideration, the ruling sets two very critical factors: private ownership & strict scrutiny. From this core foundation, thousands of gun laws will be successfully challenged.
“From this core foundation, thousands of gun laws will be successfully challenged.”
As the anti’s were so fond of noting whenever some gun ban was implemented....”this is just an important first step.”
(Heee Heee Heeee)
Even the gun control advocates seemed to have missed this. Poll taxes are illegal. Any tax on a 'right' makes it into a privilige. Any 'capricious' non granting of a permit is also automatically demolished in this opinion.
National Shall-Issue Concealed Carry and incorporation and Scalia specifically noted that the challenge on Machinegun infringement was never performed regarding Miller and the NFA.
Could be fun to see Justice Breyer's words used against him.... He noted, in his Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. (.PDF file) dissent:
And some may find the costs associated with these documents unduly burdensome(up to $12 for a copy of a birth certificate; up to $100 for a passport). By way of comparison, this Court previously found unconstitutionally burdensome a poll tax of $1.50 (less than $10 today, inflation-adjusted).