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petronius

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24. Forget about guns for a moment: do you really want Congress, or State

Reply to RomneyLies (Reply #22)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 01:26 AM

Dec 2012

Legislatures, or any other government body, to be able to blow past the BoR simply by slapping a prohibitive tax on whatever the governmental agency happens not to like?

You're confusing two things here: yes, Congress can levy taxes. But no, Congress can not use exorbitant taxes to effectively ban things that Congress could not otherwise ban.

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I call for a federal tax of $10 per grain on gun powder. [View all] RomneyLies Dec 2012 OP

Great piss of more gun nuts rustydog Dec 2012 #1

It would mean only the richest could even afford to kill 20 babies in the future. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #2

The rich have different ways of killing children Union Scribe Dec 2012 #21

+1 Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #37

So only the rich can go on murderous rampages. Matariki Dec 2012 #3

Good idea- keep them coming! Tumbulu Dec 2012 #4

Want to hear something even more beautiful about this tax? RomneyLies Dec 2012 #6

This idea keeps getting better and better! Tumbulu Dec 2012 #11

$10,000 per bullet BainsBane Dec 2012 #5

Then the nuts just reload RomneyLies Dec 2012 #7

Once a bullet is in the body BainsBane Dec 2012 #8

Anybody can pour lead into a mold for the bullet portion of a cartridge RomneyLies Dec 2012 #9

Okay BainsBane Dec 2012 #10

Tax sulfur, potassium nitrate and charcoal at $10 a grain? dmallind Dec 2012 #12

Smokeless gun powder is not something most people can cook up in their kitchen. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #14

LOL Reminds me of this doc03 Dec 2012 #29

Sounds clever, but there's zero chance that it would pass Constitutional muster petronius Dec 2012 #13

Worked on cannabis. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #16

Perhaps, but there's no 420th Amendment to the Constitution petronius Dec 2012 #20

The Congress taxes lots of products and gunpowder is just another product RomneyLies Dec 2012 #22

Forget about guns for a moment: do you really want Congress, or State petronius Dec 2012 #24

It would serve to regulate the citizen's militia that has a right to bear arms well. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #26

Yes. I do. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #35

Do you support this as a general proposition (what I really asked) or just in petronius Dec 2012 #36

This is stupid. justanidea Dec 2012 #15

Own as many guns as you want, I don't give a shit. RomneyLies Dec 2012 #17

Did they uphold poll taxes? justanidea Dec 2012 #18

The Congress never passed a poll tax RomneyLies Dec 2012 #19

Stop being silly. justanidea Dec 2012 #23

No, they wouldn't RomneyLies Dec 2012 #25

The tax on gas or alochol isn't so high justanidea Dec 2012 #28

Congress has the authority RomneyLies Dec 2012 #30

You can push the tax all you want justanidea Dec 2012 #31

you've certainly blown past ignoring this right to laughing at it RomneyLies Dec 2012 #32

One word. Fireworks. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #27

No need for fireworks RomneyLies Dec 2012 #33

Back in my day, Marinedem Dec 2012 #34

~ Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2012 #38