An Unlikey Gun Rights Defender

I never would have guessed that such a left-leaning, gun-fearing pacifist, such as Robert Koehler, would come out so strongly in favor of Vermont-style concealed carry laws for those American citizens residing in cities and states where their right to keep and bear arms has been torn to shreds by the draconian gun control laws of the left.

'This Cannot Be'
Firearms licensing would roll back civil rights movement

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The bill, as critics have vehemently charged, is a de facto, armed citizen tax, requiring people to obtain costly documentation to prove their eligibility to exercise a Constitutionally-protected right. A License to Carry a Firearm in Massachusetts, for instance (which only a ridiculously small percentage of Bay Staters possess), costs $100, not including the cost of the required firearms safety course. The cost of this license is clearly quite onerous. "“This is a mandate on all citizens to actually have to pay to exercise their rights,"” according to Tanya Clay House of People for the American Way. And as such, it is blatantly unconstitutional.

Well, OK, not exactly. Here's what he actually wrote.

'This Cannot Be'
Voter ID bill would roll back civil rights movement

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The bill, as critics have vehemently charged, is a de facto, latter-day poll tax, requiring people to obtain costly documentation to prove their citizenship. A passport, for instance (which only 25 percent of Americans possess), costs $97. The cost of the photo ID could be even more onerous. "This is a mandate on all citizens to actually have to pay to vote," according to Tanya Clay House of People for the American Way. And as such, it is blatantly unconstitutional.

What are the odds of Mr. Koehler, or any of his readers, ever coming to terms with the correlation between those two paragraphs?

Please round your answer up to the nearest zero.

(link via Jay Caruso at Toys in the Attic)