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Indydem

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5. By passing a tax on guns that represents such a burden

Reply to Squinch (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 02:58 PM

Dec 2012

That no one will own guns.

Again, it's an idiotic proposal framed as a "compromise" but it's really just a backdoor effort to eliminate firearm ownership.

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A solution. [View all] HooptieWagon Dec 2012 OP

Derp derp. Indydem Dec 2012 #1

We can't even get funding for pencils. Now we're going to get a SWAT team. What a maroon. Squinch Dec 2012 #4

By passing a tax on guns that represents such a burden Indydem Dec 2012 #5

People without firearms aren't contributing to their proliferation, HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #6

99.9999% of gun owners are not contributing to gun proliferation or gun violence. Indydem Dec 2012 #7

The fact that twenty children are dead is more disgusting. Squinch Dec 2012 #8

Well you are entitled to your fringe opinion. Indydem Dec 2012 #9

I am not the fringe. The fringe is the gun advocates who insist that we must accept the deaths of Squinch Dec 2012 #12

There is absolutely nothing you can do to prevent these tragedies. Indydem Dec 2012 #13

Your spin is moronic. We have heard it all ad nauseam. I'll tell you what your next argument is: Squinch Dec 2012 #15

How is a gun owner not contributing to the proliferation? HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #10

Proliferation is, by definition, a rapid growth in numbers Indydem Dec 2012 #14

Well, it appears gun ownership has soared. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #16

I like your suggestion. It's a good start. DuckBurp Dec 2012 #2

So we up the tax SheilaT Dec 2012 #3

YEARLY GUN TAX. pansypoo53219 Dec 2012 #11