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Serious question.

Isn't oenerous tax levied on ammunition akin to a poll tax? The 2nd Amendment is not something which only a few can afford.

But this is not an argument I have heard, though one I believe is true.

And FWIW, my fiancee bought the last AR-15 in the 3 county radius yesterday. And I have purchased about 4 guns since mid-October.

Anyone who owns guns and voted for Obama needs thei head examined.

1 posted on 11/09/2008 4:08:19 PM PST by Red in Blue PA
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Gun sales are up as much as 700% in some areas.


2 posted on 11/09/2008 4:09:36 PM PST by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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Again? Another run?


3 posted on 11/09/2008 4:10:25 PM PST by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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“Anyone who owns guns and voted for Obama needs thei head examined.”

We had a table at a gun show here in NY this weekend. Guy came up from Penn. looking for a M1 Garand and ended up buying one from my BIL.
Got to chatting, and I had to ask how they could have voted Murtha back in after his insults. He said “ Who”? WTH He then said he would have voted for Obama if his registration hadn’t expired. Talk about head up a$$.


4 posted on 11/09/2008 4:13:26 PM PST by AirForceMom (God Bless the USA)
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When I stocked up on hollow points at Walmart, the clerk asked me my name and address. I told him “None of your business”

Then he asked “What kind of gun are these for?” I replied “None of your business!”

He then asked why I was buying hollow points, and I again told him “None of your business!”

Then he said “I am supposed to ask”. I told him that “I don’t care what you are supposed to ask, it’s still none of your business!”


5 posted on 11/09/2008 4:13:56 PM PST by TommyDale (I) (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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The 2nd ammendment doesn't say anything about ammo. At the first sign of troube, the 'authorities' will ban the sale of ammo. You should already have yours when that happens.

BLOAT!

8 posted on 11/09/2008 4:17:46 PM PST by blam
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I just left the Nashville gun show, Bought my son his first gun. A stainless all weather Ruger 10/22. Everyone’s arsenal should have at least one, it is the small block chevy of firearms. Many dealers were sold out of popular caliber ammo.


9 posted on 11/09/2008 4:19:40 PM PST by Boiling point (If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.)
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Full capacity magazines for handguns and rifles are going fast also. Some sales are made by plain folks hedging their supply, and some sales are speculators stocking up for when a 30 round ar mag will be going for 50 or 100 dollars.

Gear up, ammo up, mag up

It’s the American way!

Don’t forget, a muzzle loader is a great way to deliver 300 grains.


14 posted on 11/09/2008 4:24:15 PM PST by petro45acp (Hunkered down in occupied Virginia!)
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What chance does a renewed AWB have of being passed?


15 posted on 11/09/2008 4:25:17 PM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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Most of the gun stores here (Anchorage) are just about BINGO for ammo.

Reloading components are getting hard to come by as is, of all things, black powder.

I also noted at the local big box store that air gun ‘ammo’ (pellets) was all but gone - I got the last of the good .22 hunting pellets.

Guess it is time to break down and purchase some more molds.....


16 posted on 11/09/2008 4:25:44 PM PST by ASOC (Have a nice day, just don't have it around me (bumper sticker))
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If I had the money I’d be buying a couple of dozen myself.


25 posted on 11/09/2008 4:41:41 PM PST by pctech
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It will be interesting to watch when they try to get the guns out of the south side of Chicago, Detroit, Philly, Washington DC and East LA.


26 posted on 11/09/2008 4:43:37 PM PST by MarkeyD (11-4-08 For the first time I can say I am ashamed of my country.)
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The far left, whackos, foolish, etc. voted with their wallets on Tuesday.

This is just regular Americans voting with their wallets, post-election.


28 posted on 11/09/2008 4:44:55 PM PST by Perseverando
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“Anyone who owns guns and voted for Obama needs thei head examined.”

Start with Cooper Firearms - Supported Obama. They in turn should be drummed quickly out of business. They claim it was only “Dan Cooper” president and CEO. When the head of a firm supports Obammo-Grabber - you know its a systemic stupidity problem in the firm.


33 posted on 11/09/2008 5:14:27 PM PST by FTL
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The ammunition manufacturers should stop taking ammo orders from the police and concentrate on the public.

Sorry, Chicago Police, we’re out of ammo. We sold everything to the gunshops in Texas, Wyoming and Montana. [click].


35 posted on 11/09/2008 5:29:22 PM PST by Shooter 2.5 (NRA - Vote against the dem party)
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There is no “run on guns”. But thatnks to hysterical, race-baiting articles like this, there may well be one after all.


38 posted on 11/09/2008 5:34:13 PM PST by montag813
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Silly people, do none of them remember the scene from Red Dawn, “go to the sporting goods stores and get from the files.... obtain form 4473 - this will contain descriptions of weapons and lists of private ownership”?


41 posted on 11/09/2008 5:37:56 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Jimmah Carter cubed. Obama, the only man in America who can make Hillary Clinton look good.)
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Isn't oenerous tax levied on ammunition akin to a poll tax? The 2nd Amendment is not something which only a few can afford.

A poll tax, ammo tax, speech tax, etc., would all be assaults on enumerated rights, but with the new 'living constitution' I doubt there would be any legislative or judicial sympathy to the restrictions imposed by massive firearms and ammunition taxes. Obama could impose restrictive taxes on guns and ammunition with an executive order, and I doubt anyone would call him on it.

48 posted on 11/09/2008 5:51:23 PM PST by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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Isn't oenerous tax levied on ammunition akin to a poll tax?

Of course it is. Ditto the $200 NFA tax.

Anyone who owns guns and voted for Obama needs their head examined.

Leftists are great friends of the gun owner, right up until they get into power. They have a perfectly consistent history.

Obama win triggers run on guns in many stores

Anybody who couldn't see that coming, needs their head examined.

Cue up the Who, "Won't Get Fooled Again."

49 posted on 11/09/2008 5:51:57 PM PST by Lee N. Field (< sarc>"I for one welcome our new Chicago overlords"< /sarc> NOT!)
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Went to the gunshow yesterday. I was in line at 8:30. By 9 am, when the doors opened, there were at least 200 people in line. I looked quickly for someone with AR-15 receivers for sale and bought two. By 9:15, all 14 he had brought to the gun show were sold. Any military style rifle was selling well. By 12, the ammo guy was practically sold out.

Yes, I know that some say not to post because they don’t want to give Zerobama’s thugs any help, but if it gets as bad as we expect, it won’t matter.


52 posted on 11/09/2008 5:53:51 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Obama is the Antichrist.)
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This is what happens when you nominate a Republican to the top of the ticket who is a virtual clone of a VERY unpopular President - minus even the pretense of being pro-gun.

We wouldn’t be in this mess if Republicans had stuck to a limited government platform even after 9/11, and not handed Democrats an executive branch with way too much power.

Think about that as Obama starts using the Patriot Act to go after conservatives and constitutionalists who post in threads like this one.

Don’t forget too that once back in power, establishment Republicans (unlike Democrats), rarely (never?) permit limited government conservatives to roll back socialism previously enacted by Democrats. So we can safely assume that much of the gun control passed in the next two years will stay on the books for good.


57 posted on 11/09/2008 6:29:15 PM PST by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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