A friend forwarded me an email beginning, A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE GUN OWNERSHIP ISSUE THIS MAY MAKE YOUR DAY! Vermont State Rep. Fred Maslack has read the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, as well as Vermont’s own Constitution very carefully, and … Maslack recently proposed a bill to register “non-gun-owners” and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state. Thus Vermont would become the first state to require a permit for the luxury of going about unarmed and assess a fee of $500 for the privilege of not owning a gun. Maslack read the “militia” phrase of … Continue reading A Novel Approach, Indeed