I paid $150 for my concealed carry permit and I have guns valued at about $2,000.
If you can't afford the license, how the fuck do you expect to pay for bullets?
The problem is that progressives when given an inch, take a mile. In NYC it costs $1000 and takes 3-6 months just to get a license to keep a revolver in your own home.
When one pays for reasonable processing, and the reasonable cost of a firearm, that is one thing. But governments and people that hate private ownership of firearms place procedures and costs to make people give up when it comes to getting a firearm.
and one can get a decent pistol for $200 or so, so the $2000 figure for weapons you state is moot.
All the more reason to establish REASONABLE federal standards for all the states to abide by and recognize.
I would LOVE to be able to whip out my FL CCP in MO, TX, and a host of other states to buy and walk away with a new gun.
The issue is that people in power think "reasonable" includes what I have to go through in NYC.
Boo-fucking-hoo
Then do what you can to change the people in power.
If you do your best and you're position is so unpopular that you feel like you're beating your head against a brick wall, accept that your position may be extreme and adjust or move on.
Democracy is NOT rocket science, y'all.
The issue is 2nd amendment rights should not be effected by direct democracy, unless 3/4 of the states and 2/3 of each part of congress decide to change or repeal the 2nd amendment. an enumerated right shouldn't be touchable by the whims of the locals.
We are not a democracy, we are a constitutional republic, and this republic's constitution says my RKBA shall not be infringed. Do you consider a 3-6 month waiting period and $1000 in fines to be infringement or not?
The reason that the states and localities have cobbled together what they have in a desperate attempt to stem the violence is the right-wing political goal of obstructing any and all discussion of the problems that guns can bring to our communities.
If you want the states to back off, tell your senators and congressmen to stop squelching national debate on the subject.