Gun owners object to court-safety tax AUGUSTA Robert Hartley has been to a Maine courthouse only once, for jury duty. So when Hartley, an avid target shooter from Clinton, learned of a proposal for a new sales tax on guns to pay for courthouse security, he viewed the idea as unfair.
He objects to having to spend more for his next firearm because someone else may bring a gun or a knife to court. "I don't feel I should be singled out," he said.
That was the common opinion of gun owners and lobbyists during a legislative hearing Wednesday on a proposal for a new tax to help improve security in Maine's courthouses.
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http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/statehouse/050324security.shtml *FW Note: Anybody remember poll taxes? It is blatantly unconstitutional for the state to exact a fee in order for a man to be allowed at liberty to take advantage of his own rights. It is especially heinous, in this case, that honest and law-abiding citizens of the community at large are being held to the fire as being responsible for security inadequacies at the very place where "the professionals" in law-enforcement do their business.
