Let me sift through the manure.
1: If you're savvy and creative, some of these expenses can be negated. ie; find an instructor/notary and trade skills, or attend a class that includes notary/fingerprints/photo (150 included it all for me, and class was on saturday. no lost time)
2: Anyone on just about any budget can save $300.00 in a year. If you say you can't find (or earn an additional) 25.00 a month, I question the desire. Come mow my lawn. Serious offer.
3: Many states are far more strict on the eligibility, fees, and requirements. You've got it easy.
4: If you're of the anti-pay-for-this-permit kind of mentality, you can carry legally most places you go be it in your vehicle or OC. BTW - thats free
5: How often does "cant afford the permit" equate to owning a new gun and hitting the range every weekend?
If you want to beat the drum that this should be free, hey, thats a separate argument.
If you are trying to muster sympathy about "how impossible" it is, you scare easily. If this little bit seems like a lot of work, don't even try to buy real estate, consider adoption or attempt to initiate a trust in your will.
lol the guy above was like "get your divorce decree...." if you've been divorced, this legal procedure should look like a cake walk in comparison.
1) If someone was "savvy and creative" he would have the money.
2) Simply not true. Not everyone is able-bodied. Some people are just terrible with money.
3) Sure we have it easy, but it's still burdensome.
4) Good point.
5) Not every person buys an expensive brand new gun and hits the range every weekend. See #1.
*) Not every person buys real estate, considers adoption, or even has a will.
**) Not every person is in a better place after their divorce. About half of the people who got divorced didn't pay to get divorced. Some people just show up and sign the paperwork.
Additional points: Not everyone is like you or me (e.g. sliguns' grandparents above). Life isn't as perfect for everyone as it is for you and me. You seem to lack any empathy.