Muleteam1
We already pay an 10% federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition that is supposed to go for wildlife areas and shooting ranges across the country.
Amen, brother. Turn left until you see the beach and smell the barbecue.
But seriously, why try to stick this tax on lawful gun owners? LAWFUL gun owners don't shoot up courthouses. CRIMINALS shoot up courthouses, and even that doesn't happen very often. Who is this tax going to protect? Lawyers and judges. Tax the lawyers then! They can afford it for their personal security.
Hey, I have a great idea! Let's start a whole new tax branch of the Treasury and call it something like the 'Bureau of Firearms and Explosives'. Then just let those nice people run things. They'll know what to do.