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Gun Control & RKBA

GreydeeThos

(958 posts)

1. We need literacy tests before voting to cut down on stupid voting

Reply to SecularMotion (Original post)

Wed Feb 24, 2016, 06:06 AM

Feb 2016

We need a poll tax to insure voters are of sufficient means to hold a stake in society.

These are simple effective ways to control the errant voting of incompetent people, and they are Constitutional.

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Effective Firearms Regulation Is Constitutional [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2016 OP

We need literacy tests before voting to cut down on stupid voting GreydeeThos Feb 2016 #1

I'd be all for a science and math test before voting. MillennialDem Feb 2016 #12

Denying rights because of emotion isn't progressive. ileus Feb 2016 #2

UBCs won't be effective if the authorities allow people like Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2016 #3

More dumb ideas from a storehouse of useless ideas discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2016 #4

"There is reason to doubt the soundness of that opinion." beevul Feb 2016 #5

It's a Liberal Thing...You Wouldn't Understand SecularMotion Feb 2016 #6

Its liberal to accept assertions at face value without evidence? beevul Feb 2016 #7

Liberals are at their best by being... Liberal. I'm liberal on the Second. Understand? Eleanors38 Feb 2016 #9

And what is *your* definition of 'liberal'? Be specific. friendly_iconoclast Feb 2016 #10

Your assertion that this TeddyR Feb 2016 #13

Wrong as usual. It's a FAUX liberal thing, which we understand completely. pablo_marmol Feb 2016 #14

The reasoning is sarisataka Feb 2016 #8

The gun control lobby burned that bridge benEzra Feb 2016 #11