> While a modest one time fee doesn't seem too bad (even though it > is covering cost of record keeping that I don't even want -- not like an > understandable "head up" that city officials ought to get to prepare > for a parade), do annual fees for a constitutional right seem okay?
I'll stumble into an area of law for which I'm grossly undereducated, but I would say 'no'. My limited reading on such cases is that "reasonable" fees which cover the cost of administration are what the courts tend to allow. Registering a firearm is inherently a one-time transaction, and a recurring fee would not address recurring government expenses. This, however, does bring up the ugly subject of what the life-time government expense for registering a firearm is, and what a "reasonable" fee would be. -------------------- Guy Smith Silicon Strategies Marketing 630 Taylor Avenue Alameda, CA 94501 510-521-4477 (T) 510-217-9693 (F) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.SiliconStrat.com
