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Bobby Franklin: February 2011

Bobby Franklin

Georgia Republican: Nobody Should Need A Driver's License


Bobby Franklin

Republican Georgia state legislator Bobby Franklin thinks that driver's licenses impose undue restrictions on the right of citizens to travel. So he's proposed legislation to stop the state from issuing them.

"Free people have a common law and constitutional right to travel on the roads and highways that are provided by their government for that purpose," Franklin's legislation states. "Licensing of drivers cannot be required of free people, because taking on the restrictions of a license requires the surrender of an inalienable right."

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Topics: Bobby Franklin, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Division, Civil Rights Division Voting Section, Department of Justice, Georgia, Income Taxes, Property Taxes

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