Unconstitutional Requirement

In Illinois, you have to buy a “permission card in order to buy a gun. That is an unconstitutional requirement, because it is an “abridgment” upon a constitutional right. It is supported by a law that is unconstitutional, and will ultimately be ruled so by the supreme court, if they ever rule on it. But, like most unconstitutional laws, it will be enforced until then. Millions of dollars will be collected by the state, and the rights of its citizens will be ignored. If someone is caught with a gun without that insignificant little card, he will be fined, or even imprisoned. The damage will have been done. What is not being said, except for people like me, is that the Constitution clearly says, “the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged.” The PEOPLE, not a “militia.” An organized militia did not even exist at the time of the writing of this amendment, and EVERY CITIZEN was considered to be a member of such a militia if it were ever organized, for the defense of the nation. The government, which was not as “awash in money” as it is now, wanted people to bring their own guns if “called up,” and that could not happen if access to guns was restricted. Additionally, the right to self defense was sacrosanct, and not subject to cancellation. Now a Dumocrat politician wants to raise the cost of that stupid “permission card” by 400%! If that is not an “abridgment,” I don’t know what is. (Breitbart)