Ohio Wants eBayers to Post $50k Bond

MacDork writes "CNNMoney posted a short article this morning about new Ohio regulations set to become effective May 2 this year. If you are in the state and selling on eBay, you will need to pay $200 for a license and post a $50,000 bond or face possible fines and jail time. Getting the license also requires a one-year apprenticeship. When asked to which eBay users this bill applied, the bill's author, Larry Mumper responded with these very specific guidelines.... "It certainly will not apply to the casual seller on eBay, but might apply to anyone who sells a lot.""

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Re:Modded insightful? Gun control stupid?

[Tony Hoyle]

So when are the US people going to depose their government?

Oh wait, they're not. They're too busy watching MTV and sticking it to 'da man' by downloading the occasional dodgy mp3 (ooh scary).

The only people who need guns are the army and (in exceptional cases) the police. Giving it to any fucker with a driving license is just asking for trouble.

For gun control, there is a good reason

[ShatteredDream]

Most of the people who actively seek it are elitists. They are not concerned with violent crime that doesn't apply to them, what they want is to be able to regulate you with impunity. Sarah Brady for example said that we will never have socialism in America until we ban guns.

Human nature being what it is, cops too will start to lose respect for the people when they cannot fight back. If you think the police brutality rate is bad now, imagine what it will be like when any bad cop knows that if he wants to "have some fun" with a perp that only the hardened criminal is likely to have a gun. That perp could be you, and your crime could be effectively nothing as happens today.