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Tax The Guns
Tampa Tribune ^ | January 29, 2016 | Greg Olson

Posted on 01/29/2016 8:45:19 AM PST by Iron Munro

Here's an idea.

If we can't outlaw guns or confiscate them, tax them.

Make it a law to register everyone's guns and then charge a tax yearly for each one of them.

Slowly raise the taxes every year (due to an increasing bureaucracy to handle the paperwork) so they become too expensive to own.

When and if the taxes are overdue, take out a lien on the guns and foreclose on them.

Hold them until exorbitant taxes, storage and lawyer fees (more than the gun is worth) are paid.

If not paid in a timely fashion, they will be destroyed.

If a gun is not registered to be taxed it will be confiscated because it was not reported, not because it is illegal to own.

Fines and back taxes will have to be paid to get the weapon back.

If not paid in a timely fashion, they will be destroyed.

A certificate must be attached to every single weapon to prove the yearly tax has been paid.

Greg Olson

Tampa


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns; taxes; tyranny
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To: SampleMan

To whomever wrote that letter: GFY.


41 posted on 01/29/2016 9:05:26 AM PST by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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To: Iron Munro

How about we propose an alternative? We require proof that an individual possesses a firearm before allowing them to vote or run for elective office.

To be fair, we provide an option where those who espouse pacifism can pay a tax, instead of possessing a firearm. We might start it at $500/year, and gradually increase it, every year.


42 posted on 01/29/2016 9:05:36 AM PST by jdege
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To: The Iceman Cometh

Your link goes to an OP-ED about marijuana laws.

Tax illegal drugs out of existence.


43 posted on 01/29/2016 9:05:36 AM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Iron Munro

More silliness from the constitutionally illiterate left. It is well established law that you cannot place a tax on the exercise of constitutional rights. Taxing firearms (beyond the basic sales tax applied in most states) would be the constitutional equivalent of a poll tax.


44 posted on 01/29/2016 9:05:45 AM PST by NRx (Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.)
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To: Iron Munro
What part of “shall not be infringed” does this clown not understand?

Got a better idea. Make murder, attempted murder, assault, batter, etc., illegal. Oh, wait...

Okay, make using a firearm in a crime an aggravating circumstance. Oh, wait...

The problem has never been weapons. Cain slew able with something he just found lying around. The problem is people - we are a sinful and fallen race - and crime will always be with us. The REAL problem with people is that we are not taking enough responsibility for defending ourselves and our property and making crime dangerous for criminals.

45 posted on 01/29/2016 9:05:51 AM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Iron Munro

Isn’t it interesting that when they want to restrict something (tobacco, alchohol, gasoline, etc. - and now guns), Democrats and most Republicans put taxes on it. But when they raise taxes on other things, i.e, income, capital, or investments, they claim that there’s no negative economic effect...


46 posted on 01/29/2016 9:06:54 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: schu

French fries kill more people than guns. Try the tax scheme on them.


47 posted on 01/29/2016 9:07:24 AM PST by pfflier
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To: MortMan
We can call it a poll tax.

Or a "smoke pole" tax.


48 posted on 01/29/2016 9:08:31 AM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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To: Iron Munro
If we can't outlaw guns or confiscate them, tax them.

Make it a law to register everyone's guns and then charge a tax yearly for each one of them.

Or we could tax morons, we could probably balance the budget and pay off the debt.

Lib morons would have a lot less money, probably the only tax hike I could agree with.

49 posted on 01/29/2016 9:08:38 AM PST by Toddsterpatriot ("Telling the government to lower trade barriers to zero...is government interference" central_va)
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To: Iron Munro

It would make more sense to tax the ammo. $1 per round.


50 posted on 01/29/2016 9:09:24 AM PST by batterycommander (...Change your diaper, diaperhead. It's full of shiite.)
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To: Justa
What about the G. Olsens?

Sorry about their luck.

51 posted on 01/29/2016 9:09:50 AM PST by Lazamataz (I'm an Islamophobe??? Well, good. When it comes to Islam, there's plenty to Phobe about.)
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To: IronJack

With the Roberts court, anything is possible......


52 posted on 01/29/2016 9:10:47 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Iron Munro

So we can be slaves to government? No

How will this nut ensure 100% compliance? Can’t be done. IRS can’t even force everyone to file a tax return.

Dr Carson, can you give this guy a brain! Please.


53 posted on 01/29/2016 9:11:43 AM PST by ADSUM
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To: Iron Munro

Come and take them.

(ref. - Battle of Gonzales - October 2, 1835)


54 posted on 01/29/2016 9:12:12 AM PST by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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Hey Greg Olson.....

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55 posted on 01/29/2016 9:12:15 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Lazamataz

Greg Olsen better hire some more revenooers- the feds do not have nearly enough


56 posted on 01/29/2016 9:12:21 AM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Iron Munro

I have actually changed my mind on guns. I am in favor of doing whatever action these loons suggest, so long as it also applies to voting.

In this case, yes, I’ll “make the deal” to tax guns, so long as it is also applied to Polls. If they want a “gun tax” then I get a “Poll tax.”

How about it Mr. Olson, you up for it?


57 posted on 01/29/2016 9:13:51 AM PST by CSM (White wine sipping, caviar munching, Georgetown cocktail circuit circulating, Perrier conservative.)
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To: All

It is becoming more and more obvious that there is a section of the American left that really does want a shooting war in this country.


58 posted on 01/29/2016 9:13:59 AM PST by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: Iron Munro

Follow the link to my answer: http://journal.ijreview.com/2015/07/245635-gun-rights-advocates-have-a-devastating-new-argument-against-gun-control-here-it-is/


59 posted on 01/29/2016 9:14:03 AM PST by Duckdog (If your not on a government list, Whats wrong with you!)
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To: Little Ray
The problem has never been weapons.

On the contrary ...

Armed citizens are in a position to effectively resist tyranny. For would-be tyrants, that's a huge problem. And that's what "gun control" is really all about. It has nothing to do with promoting safety or reducing crime.

60 posted on 01/29/2016 9:14:48 AM PST by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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