I was watching the news this morning, and there a quick blurb about local election fraud. Well, that go my mind wandering, and I ended up thinking about voter ID laws and federal background check requirements to buy firearms.
I see them as being related because they both involve individual rights and proving you are eligible to exercise them. But that's not the topic of the thread.
What I want to figure out is why both the Republicans and Democrats take hypocritical stances on both issues.
Typically, Republicans favor voter ID laws, arguing that only citizens have the right to participate and that the current system, by not verifying both eligibility and identity, encourages fraud. But, at the same time, they will call for reduced verification for firearm purchases by arguing that it restricts the right to keep and bear arms.
And many Democrats take the opposite stances, and argue that while the general public benifits from each gun buyer verifying his eligibility to own a firearm, a large part of the public is denied their right by having to show picture ID to vote.
It just baffles me.
I see them as being related because they both involve individual rights and proving you are eligible to exercise them. But that's not the topic of the thread.
What I want to figure out is why both the Republicans and Democrats take hypocritical stances on both issues.
Typically, Republicans favor voter ID laws, arguing that only citizens have the right to participate and that the current system, by not verifying both eligibility and identity, encourages fraud. But, at the same time, they will call for reduced verification for firearm purchases by arguing that it restricts the right to keep and bear arms.
And many Democrats take the opposite stances, and argue that while the general public benifits from each gun buyer verifying his eligibility to own a firearm, a large part of the public is denied their right by having to show picture ID to vote.
It just baffles me.