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
To whomever wrote that letter: GFY.
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.
Your link goes to an OP-ED about marijuana laws.
Tax illegal drugs out of existence.
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.
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.
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...
French fries kill more people than guns. Try the tax scheme on them.
Or a "smoke pole" tax.
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.
It would make more sense to tax the ammo. $1 per round.
Sorry about their luck.
With the Roberts court, anything is possible......
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.
Come and take them.
(ref. - Battle of Gonzales - October 2, 1835)
Greg Olsen better hire some more revenooers- the feds do not have nearly enough
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?
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.
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/
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.
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