2&2 Slider To Leyritz
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Actually, it's morally repugnant to draft a law restricting a guaranteed constitutional right without any proven necessity of such a law, regardless of whether complying is difficult or not. When dealing with a fundamental constitutional right, the burden is on the proposed legislation to prove that it has a point, not on the people to establish that the rule isn't too much trouble. Voter ID laws fail this test emphatically.
I assume you equally support second amendment restrictions that might be proposed and passed, regardless of whether they are proven to be necessary, or if they only create a small burden on gun owners?
I would say it is morally repugnant to disregard the integrity of our voting process by not instituting the absolute minimal safeguard of requiring identification to vote. To me, that falls within the same common sense requirements as having curtains around the voting booths and keeping voter intimidation off of the voting grounds.
And sure, as mentioned above, I had no problems with second amendment restrictions that impose only small burdens on gun owners, until today when I found out that I should be able to get out of the requirement simply by complaining that it is too much of a pain in my ass to go get the paperwork.