We need this legislation Minnesota. Find a sponsor I’ve Already alerted my rep.
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Register “non-gun-owners” and require them to pay a $500 fee to the state“.

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 his strict interpretation of these documents is
popping some eyeballs in New England and elsewhere.

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 the Second Amendment as not
only the right of the individual citizen to bear arms, but as ‘a
clear mandate to do so’. He believes that universal gun ownership
was advocated by the Framers of the Constitution as an antidote to a
“monopoly of force” by the government as well as criminals.

Vermont ‘s constitution states explicitly that “the people have a
right to bear arms for the defense of themselves and the State” and
those persons who are “conscientiously scrupulous of bearing arms”
shall be required to “pay such equivalent.” Clearly, says Maslack,
Vermonters have a constitutional obligation to arm themselves,
so that they are capable of responding to “any situation that
may arise.”

Under the bill, adults who choose not to own a firearm would be
required to register their name, address, Social Security Number,
and driver’s license number with the state. “There is a legitimate
government interest in knowing who is not prepared to defend
the state should they be asked to do so,” Maslack says. Vermont
already boasts a high rate of gun ownership along with the least
restrictive laws of any state. It’s currently the only state that
allows a citizen to carry a concealed firearm without a permit.

This combination of plenty of guns and few laws regulating them has
resulted in a crime rate that is the third lowest in the nation. ”
America is at that awkward stage. It’s too late to work within the
system, but too early to shoot the bastards.”

This makes sense! There is no reason why gun owners should have to
pay taxes to support police protection for people not wanting to
own guns. Let them contribute their fair share and pay their own
way. Sounds reasonable to me! Non-gun owners require more police
to protect them and this fee should go to paying for their defense!