Posted on 07/10/2013 5:33:04 PM PDT by neverdem
NEW YORK - (AP) -- A federal appeals court gave the green light Tuesday to a law permitting New York City to charge hundreds of dollars for a gun licensing fee that costs $3 to $10 elsewhere in the state,
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said the $340 handgun fee for a three-year license was legal for the same reasons that fees imposed on those seeking to stage a rally or a parade are constitutional.
"Imposing fees on the exercise of constitutional rights is permissible when the fees are designed to defray (and do not exceed) the administrative costs of regulating the protected activity," the appeals court said...
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The entire cuntry is slowly but inexorably being pulled in two - on the one hand, all those who buy into the whole Liberal line, while, on the other, are all the normal and rational people.
If this keeps up, the United States will become two separate nations, as separated by ideology as Iowa is from China.
If this keeps up, the United States will become two separate nations, as separated by ideology as Iowa is from China.
If that was a notion, I second it.
While the ass clowns celebrate diversity (instead of unity), this was a planned result. There are think tanks devising the social and ideological separation lines that we see by drawn by government actions. These lines will become more apparent and more polar as time goes on. After enough time passes, the media will no longer mask the “Us and them” distinction. That will be the signal the revolution is about to begin.
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