From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Feb 10, 2026 at 9:34:36 PM PST, ""Adam H. Kerman""  wrote:   
      
   > BTR1701  wrote:   
   >   
   >> From a pro-gun standpoint, this is progress, but not victory. Approvals   
   don't   
   >> erase the infringement. They reveal the needless bureaucracy of   
   fingerprints,   
   >> photos, forms, and months-long waits. Law-abiding citizens shouldn't need a   
   >> bureaucratic blessing to exercise a pre-existing right. The Founding Fathers   
   >> didn't file Form 1s to shorten musket barrels for home defense.   
   >   
   > You keep comparing the constitutionality of ID laws to exercise   
   > the right to vote with administration of gun ownership and carry laws.   
   >   
   Conservatives generally defend voter ID laws by insisting that all voters will   
   be able to figure out how to get a valid ID, so the law won't disenfranchise   
   anyone. But the truth is that a certain small percentage of voters actually   
   *won't* be able to figure it out, which means that a certain percentage will   
   be de facto disenfranchised. And that is all the *more* reason to put these   
   laws in place. If you're so dumb, befuddled, and incompetent that you can't   
   manage to perform such a basic life task, then you are not qualified to vote.   
   You don't deserve to have a say over the direction of the country. Stay home   
   and let the competent adults handle it.   
      
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