Posted on 01/31/2011 3:54:06 PM PST by dynachrome
ATLANTA -- A state lawmaker from Marietta is sponsoring a bill that seeks to do away with Georgia driver's licenses.
State Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, has filed House Bill 7, calling it the "Right to Travel Act."
In his bill, Franklin states, "Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose. Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right."
Franklin told CBS Atlanta News that driver's licenses are a throw back to oppressive times. “Agents of the state demanding your papers," he said. "We’re getting that way here.”
CBS Atlanta's Rebekka Schramm asked Franklin, “How are we going to keep up with who’s who and who’s on the roads and who’s not supposed to be on the roads?”
“That’s a great question," Franklin said. "And I would have to answer that with a question, ‘Why do you need to know who’s who?’”
“What about 12-14-year-olds who want to drive? What would stop them?" Schramm asked.
“Well, what’s stopping them now anyway?” Franklin answered.
Franklin’s name is on the first 21 bills of the legislative session, including one that would require the exclusive use of gold and silver as tender in payment of debts by or to the state, as required in the Georgia Constitution
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Exhaust is checked only in counties where the big cities are - Hamilton, Davidson, Shelby. Not sure about Knox. No safety check, though. On newer cars, they just plug into the computer and check for flags. Oh, and they take a mirror and look for the cats underneath. All that for $10.
Someone has to state the obvious truth... It's hard to believe Americans have go along with all this controlling government fraud and corruption.
Be advised, this place is loaded with bureaucratic government employees, those on government pensions, and or those benefiting one way or another from the government welfare payroll...Trust me.
I would imagine, when another 10 or 20 million private sector Americans lose their jobs and homes, then there will finally be a reaction to this widespread, punitive government control...
Well, you don’t want dead cats, do you?
LOL - I suppose not. Those cats do keep the rodent population under control.
Plenty of ‘em bro!
Indeed he is. You'll be suprised (well maybe not) at how many FReepers will support the police and nanny state on this one.
Actually, this will be a really good yardstick thread to identify them.
Kinda sounds like a personal problem. Just how close do you allow them to get?
Ok, so if I drive on highways, I can be pulled over by a state trooper and asked for my drivers license.
If I don’t have a license and decide to walk from Tx to Canada, the ONLY place to walk is on the shoulder of the highway, because all other land is private property. I’m not talkin about walking on the paved part of the shoulder (breakdown lane), I mean maybe 60 feet or so further away from the highway, along the fences. If I decided to do that, I guarantee I’d still be stopped and asked for I.D..
So....there is really no legal way to walk (which most assume is a right) long distances. Whichever way a person decides to travel, he or she had better have I.D., which I think is unjust.
Maybe a person could travel by bus with no I.D., I’ve never tried that.... :-/
This is a state legislator, he is doing his job. I happen to think he is a great thinker. Why do we need a license? Why do our animals need licenses? Why do animals need tagging? We are a free people, we need to begin acting like it.
I was really hoping that nobody would spot the typo - I didn’t dare correct myself in fear of drawing attention to the mispelling of “anUally”.
And in answer to your probing question, they have a machine that can sniff from 2 feet away. :-)
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In most states you can get a non-driver ID.
The purpose of the license isn’t primarily for ID, its to provide a modicum of proof that the person its issued to is reasonably competent to drive.
Who’s to say that insurance companies would not require proof of ability to drive within a certain manner? This guy has it right, what would be different with all of the illegals on the road?
he’s a friend of mine....and he is AWESOME!! WAY COOL....
he challenges me all the time....and he truly believes all he contributes...he doesn’t do it to be cute or coy....
and the man knows the GA Constitution like no one I have ever met....
Taking a check out ride in a 767 would involve theft, unless the person is rich enough to afford the cost of buying it
Empasis mine. There are several other excellent references and quotes in the opinion.The District Court was in error in dismissing the indictment as to this paragraph. The constitutional right to travel from one State to another, and necessarily to use the highways and other instrumentalities of interstate commerce in doing so, occupies a position fundamental to the concept of our Federal Union. It is a right that has been firmly established and repeatedly recognized.
Works for me...
Indeed. I see threads like this as opportunities to identify statists who seem to believe that the government os somehow the source of our rights.
I would be interested is the history and evolution of the driver license and related laws.
As a Georgia resident who had the bad luck of having her 16-year old daughter rear-end a car this morning, I think this is ridiculous. The gentleman she hit this morning was most concerned with getting verification that insurance would pay for his repairs (it will).
Travel is a right, yes, but the method of travel is a privilege, afforded by the practice and training of getting behind a wheel. This guy is nuts.
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