Gun Control Reform Activism

apocalypsehow

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10. I have long proposed a $5 per round tax on handgun calibers .25 & up, and on the military-style

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 06:07 PM

Mar 2013

rounds for assault rifles, .223, 7.62 x 19, etc. No civilian needs such an assault rifle in the first place, but if they're going to own them, let them pay an appropriate tax to help pay for their carnage their deadly little hobby wreaks on the rest of us.

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We tax a gallon of gasoline to build and maintain roads and bridges [View all] nonoyes Mar 2013 OP

Solve poverty, inequity, hopelessness, and the violence will go away. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #1

+1 freshwest Mar 2013 #23

not sure it will go away, and in the meantime, guns are a very big part of violence and pollution CreekDog Mar 2013 #24

Agree. But most who covet guns would still covet them, carry them, buy the latest lethal technology Hoyt Mar 2013 #30

Just a thought. How about we fund national health care and medical research? geckosfeet Mar 2013 #2

Because it partly works, and the US is going to need all kinds of solutions to fix the problem. PDJane Mar 2013 #3

How about we tax food at 10%. That way everyone pays more. Granted the poor will feel the pinch geckosfeet Mar 2013 #12

The plan is to make those who can afford it pay, not to tax the essentials of life. PDJane Mar 2013 #18

Whose plan? I am not aware of any legislation moving in that direction. geckosfeet Mar 2013 #20

there is already a tax on bullets bossy22 Mar 2013 #4

SO let's ad 600% to that tax nonoyes Mar 2013 #6

Why don't we seize the assets of all family members of gun offenders? bossy22 Mar 2013 #9

^^^^ ellisonz Mar 2013 #37

It's 10% on firearms and 11% on ammunition, charged at the wholesale level slackmaster Mar 2013 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Mar 2013 #5

I'm sure your ducks love that tax! nonoyes Mar 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Duckhunter935 Mar 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author billh58 May 2017 #54

Chris Rock has a solution BainsBane Mar 2013 #8

LOVE this clip, probably should have been part of my OP. nonoyes Mar 2013 #17

I have long proposed a $5 per round tax on handgun calibers .25 & up, and on the military-style apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #10

unintended consequence? bossy22 Mar 2013 #11

It would be thrown out Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #13

Are you a Constitutional scholar or just a gun nut? nt Progressive dog Mar 2013 #14

you don't have to be a constitutional scholar bossy22 Mar 2013 #15

Because the poster stated an opinion on Constitutional law Progressive dog Mar 2013 #32

Neither Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #16

That's absurd BainsBane Mar 2013 #19

Yes, true wyldwolf Mar 2013 #22

Rights. Straw Man Mar 2013 #27

That, in itself, opens up another set of questions and, quite honestly... wyldwolf Mar 2013 #28

Yes. Straw Man Mar 2013 #34

circular arguments from you wyldwolf Mar 2013 #36

the notion that constitutionality BainsBane Mar 2013 #40

Absurdity. Straw Man Mar 2013 #26

the taxes on those are small Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #29

It would limit your right to free speech guardian Mar 2013 #39

No, it wouldn't. Congress could raise it to a MILLION dollars a round, and the courts apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #41

Not so-the Supremes have already held that such a tax is unconstitutional friendly_iconoclast Mar 2013 #50

Never gonna happen, and never should. NYC_SKP Mar 2013 #21

it's a partial and temporary solution. The permanent solution is going to be a long slog. PDJane Mar 2013 #25

Have you ever heard of a"temporary tax" that truly was. oneshooter Mar 2013 #31

one or two. Mostly around one thing that had to be built, like water purification. PDJane Mar 2013 #38

What's a 7.62X19? CokeMachine Mar 2013 #33

"I didn't want to pollute the place with a link." ellisonz Mar 2013 #35

Yep, I meant 7.62 X 39, the so-called "Soviet round." Thanks for the correction. n/t. apocalypsehow Mar 2013 #42

I knew what you meant. CokeMachine Mar 2013 #43

What about all the ARs chambered for non-military rounds? GoldenEagle16 Mar 2013 #44

Would need a direct connection. Tax going to pay hospitals for handling gunshot wounds, or form an freshwest Mar 2013 #46

Would you insure the owner, or the gun? oneshooter Mar 2013 #47

The owner of the gun, just like the owner of a car. Inanimate objects can't sign contracts. Not yet. freshwest Mar 2013 #48

The reason I asked was because some folks were talking about a policy for each firearm. oneshooter Mar 2013 #49

Yep Duckhunter935 Mar 2013 #52

^^^^ ellisonz Mar 2013 #53

Bad precident manicdem May 2017 #55