Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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54. Not when it comes to Constitutionally protected activities. See "Minneapolis Star v. Minnesota"...

Reply to fightthegoodfightnow (Reply #51)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 07:28 PM

Dec 2011

or more formally, "Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company v. Minnesota Commissioner of Revenue"

http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_1839

See also poll taxes in Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_v._Virginia_Board_of_Elections

Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, 383 U.S. 663 (1966), was a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that Virginia's poll tax was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited poll taxes in federal elections; the Supreme Court extended this prohibition to state elections.

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Think in this context... MicaelS Dec 2011 #1

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I think the real question is -- Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2011 #7

see my post 59 iverglas Jan 2012 #61

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I would like to see something along the lines of -- Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2011 #9

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There's a Constitutional Right to Cheap Guns? fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2011 #39

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No, but there is a Constitutional Right.... PavePusher Dec 2011 #46

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Banning and Taxing are Different Things fightthegoodfightnow Dec 2011 #51

Not when it comes to Constitutionally protected activities. See "Minneapolis Star v. Minnesota"... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2011 #54

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