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House Lawmakers Propose 1,000 Percent Tax on AR-15s
Epoch Times ^ | 6-17-22 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 06/18/2022 5:14:02 PM PDT by dynachrome

The measure would place exemptions on recreational weapons used for hunting as well as ammunition. The law would not retroactively apply to tens of millions of AR-15s that are estimated to be circulating around the United States.

In an attempt to define what would be taxed, the bill says it would apply to “semiautomatic assault weapon[s],” which are semiautomatic rifles that have the capacity to use a magazine that isn’t a fixed magazine, a pistol grip, a forward grip, and a folding, telescoping, or detachable stock. Other items that fall under that definition include a semiautomatic rifle with a barrel shroud, a threaded barrel, and a “functional grenade launcher.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; dummies; taxes; taxonar15s
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My AR-10 is safe?
1 posted on 06/18/2022 5:14:02 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

Time to buy some more guns.


2 posted on 06/18/2022 5:14:53 PM PDT by Not A Snowbird (I do not recognize Biden’s authority. )
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To: dynachrome

Where is the “but we can tax them to oblivion” exception to the “shall not be infringed” clause of the US Constitution?

I can’t seem to find it.


3 posted on 06/18/2022 5:16:41 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Contempt for pre-born human life breeds contempt for post-born human life.)
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To: dynachrome

What about chainsaw bayonets?


4 posted on 06/18/2022 5:16:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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These people are ignorant lunatics. None of the characteristics mentioned have anything to do with a bullet exiting the barrel.


5 posted on 06/18/2022 5:17:44 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: dynachrome

Gang members scream, “YES, DO IT!”


6 posted on 06/18/2022 5:17:58 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: Cobra64

If bidet sez a 9mm will blow a lung out, 5.56mm will only bounce off you, right?


7 posted on 06/18/2022 5:19:21 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

“The law would not retroactively apply to tens of millions of AR-15s that are estimated to be circulating around the United States.‘

Well that’s a relief. :-)


8 posted on 06/18/2022 5:19:26 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

Mine identifies as a pellet gun, anyway.


9 posted on 06/18/2022 5:20:29 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

What part of the word “infringed” do they not get?


10 posted on 06/18/2022 5:23:24 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: MtnClimber

Ha.

You have no clue what I’d give for a fully functional Mark II Lancer.


11 posted on 06/18/2022 5:24:47 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Not A Snowbird

“time to buy some more guns”

Or use the ones we have.


12 posted on 06/18/2022 5:26:22 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
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To: dynachrome

Perhaps if you’re third in line.


13 posted on 06/18/2022 5:27:38 PM PDT by mcshot (Awe shucks and a whole lot more!)
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To: dynachrome

I read once the average price of an AR-15 is $1,250.00. 1,250.00 * 1000 = $1,250,000.00. Clearly un-Constitutional.
Wonder how many Cross-the-Aisle RINOs would be onboard with this “compromise”. Someone call Cornyn, Collins, Murkowski, Romney, etc...and ask them.


14 posted on 06/18/2022 5:28:38 PM PDT by ocrp1982 (God is Great and Jesus is Our Savior)
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To: dynachrome

It wouldn’t anyway, at least if I happened to own a couple.


15 posted on 06/18/2022 5:29:03 PM PDT by txeagle
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To: dynachrome

I propose a 2000% tax on all political donations made to any party.


16 posted on 06/18/2022 5:29:10 PM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum )
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To: dynachrome

My brother’s buying an AK-47.


17 posted on 06/18/2022 5:29:31 PM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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To: cuban leaf

If it is the full auto, hope he has the license or lives in afghanistan.

;)


18 posted on 06/18/2022 5:32:59 PM PDT by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: dynachrome

A thousand dollar weapon will then cost a million.

This tax is prohibitive, punitive, seemingly like a bill of attainder.

I think it violates the Constitution.


19 posted on 06/18/2022 5:33:42 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: dynachrome

20 posted on 06/18/2022 5:34:42 PM PDT by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force in the US -- already gone Galt TYVM)
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