Neither property nor guns should be taxed. Why should you pay taxes on something just because you own it? Even when you pay off your mortgage you still have to pay rent to the state in the form of property taxes.
Let’s Tax Guns
Make it more expensive to build an arsenal.
By Asha Rangappa|Posted Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 1:41 PM
“A federal excise tax on guns could change the social landscape. It would work like this: Everyone who can pass a background check to own a firearm would be entitled to purchase one weapon, tax-free. This would leave our right to own a weapon for self-defense unencumbered and would therefore be constitutional under the Second Amendment. After that, the government would levy an excise tax on each additional weapon owned. The amount of the tax would increase as the number of weapons owned increased.
Of course, some people may try to avoid taxes by buying guns on the black market. But they’d risk the IRS coming after them for tax evasion, which is relatively easy to prove (Al Capone, anyone?) and carries civil and criminal penalties. Tax evasion has been law enforcement’s tool for combating organized crime and the drug trade. Extending its reach to unregulated guns could prove very effective: After all, you can’t hide your weapons in a Swiss bank account.”