http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/09/20/voter-id-and-carry-permits/ Advocating self-defense online and offline. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/09/20/voter-id-and-carry-permits/#comment-65715 Classical Liberal Tue, 09 Oct 2012 02:42:53 +0000 http://christopherburg.com/?p=13750#comment-65715 Voter ID laws are useful to point out the hypocrisy of both sides. When the Dems argue that Voter ID laws are racist an unfairly harm minorities (even when the state will give a free photo ID for a person to vote with), I argue the same thing of me having to produce a photo ID to buy a gun. The poor guy that can’t afford a photo ID is more likely to need self defense than people who live in nicer neighborhoods so the ID law on guns serve to disenfranchise the poor of their right to self defense.

]]> http://blog.christopherburg.com/2012/09/20/voter-id-and-carry-permits/#comment-60297 Gun Laws News 9/20/2012 « Gun Laws By State Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:39:32 +0000 http://christopherburg.com/?p=13750#comment-60297 [...] Voter ID and Carry Permits at A Geek With Guns Laws requiring individuals to receive a permit to carry a firearm are very similar to laws requiring photo identification to vote. Voting and bearing arms are both Constitutionally guaranteed rights. Both rights are used to wield weaponry (granted … http://christopherburg.com/ — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 09:30:04 -0700 [...]

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