Polluters are not protected under the Constitution. Gun owners should not/will not be required to pay extra to enjoy their God-given rights. Should you have to pay extra to enjoy any of your Constitutionally guaranteed rights? What part of "...shall not be infringed" do you not get? Don't want a gun? Don't buy one. The Constitution protects gun ownership, it doesn't mandate it. It's all about liberty & choice.

Yes, astute observation. Nothing of this could be more telling that all of the talking heads explaining that you don't need an "assault weapon" to take down a deer. A deliberate attempt to try and delute the reason the founding fathers added the 2nd. Amendment. They didn't implement the 2nd. Amendment so that we could have weapons to kill game, they gave us weapons so that we could defend ourselves against a tyrannical government. Then you have the arguement from the same talking heads that your AR15 will do little to stave off an army of the government bent on subjegating you. Well, tell that to the Soviets who basically got their collective butts handed to them by a bunch of Afghani goat farmers, using mainly small arms.