Economy
In reply to the discussion: guns and the social economics of mandatory liability insurance and taxation [View all]Dog Gone at Penigma
(433 posts)Are you saying we don't already tax guns?
We can and do tax guns. We can and do tax hunting as well as regulate it in other ways, in the form of licensing fees. We can and do have fees for assembly - they involve charging for permits for gatherings like parades or permits for gatherings by other large groups.
You have both a simplistic and inaccurate view of taxation and fees. Poll taxes were specifically rendered unconstitutional with the 24th Amendment; there is no similar amendment which bans taxation on any other activity or property with respect to a constitutional right - like guns.
Unless you can show me where the taxes on guns, like sales taxes, and fees - like a hunting license - has been found to be illegal, you have no argument. It looks like you haven't done well in either your course work for American history or basic K-12 civics.
I'm not wandering off topic, and I suggest you shouldn't either.