Use the GOP abortion tactic for gun control [View all]

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The GOP doesn't try to directly attack Roe v Wade, mainly because the existence of R v W is such a cash cow for their fund raising efforts. Yet, they managed to draft and pass many anti-abortion and anti-birth control laws to make getting birth control or abortion effectively impossible.

Perhaps the Democrats should take a page from the GOP on this tactic and instead of trying to over turn the second amendment, craft and create laws that effectively makes owning or buying guns impossible. The best way is to hit the gun owners economically. Charge a 500% tax on all ammunition sold. Require onerous finger printing and such. (The second amendment says the right to bear arms shall not be infringed, but it doesn't say that there can't be any procedures to follow to obtaining a gun.)

The GOP is great at doing these things: end-run around Roe v Wade, voter ID laws and voter suppression actions that end-runs the Voting Rights Act or the Civil Rights Act. So, the Democrats should look at passing laws to end-runs the second amendment.