Posted on 04/06/2015 10:40:22 AM PDT by jazusamo
Gun owners would receive tax breaks for voluntarily turning in high-powered assault rifles under new legislation proposed Monday.
The Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act expected to be reintroduced next week by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) would provide gun owners with an incentive to turn in their firearms to local police departments.
“Assault weapons are not about hunting, or even self-defense,” DeLauro said . “There is no reason on earth, other than to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible, that anyone needs a gun designed for a battlefield.”
Though DeLauro is in favor of stronger guns laws that would completely ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, she emphasized this bill would not force gun owners to turn in their firearms.
The legislation would provide up to $2,000 in tax credits for gun owners who voluntarily hand over assault weapons to their local police departments.
The assault weapons legislation comes in response to the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., DeLauro’s home state, in December 2012.
DeLauro originally introduced the bill in January 2013, just one month after the Newtown shooting, but the legislation fell short in the Republican-controlled House. She plans to reintroduce it next week when Congress returns from recess.
She said the bill would help “get more assault weapons off the streets."
“Just days after the Newtown tragedy, President Obama asked, ‘Are we doing enough to protect our children?’ And he admitted the answer is, ‘no.’ That must change,” DeLauro said.
DeLauro is announcing the assault weapons legislation this week in conjunction with National Public Health Week.
The co-sponsors include Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), and David Cicilline (D-R.I.).
They'll remember that after we've agreed to "reasonable" restrictions on civilians having "battlefield" weapons.
(exasperated) "MAX!"
She wants them from me? She must pay the iron price. And it is quite expensive.
Hold on, shouldn’t she be most vocal about gun bans just before the 2016, to motivate our side?
You got a point but she motivates our side every time her pic is posted. :)
Motivates me to recycle lunch, maybe.
OK, Rosa, no taxes for life and I’ll give you one assault rifle.
When does open season on DEMOCRATS start? And can we make it year around?
When does open season on DEMOCRATS start? And can we make it year around?
Australia did the same thing...only the payment came AFTER a government gun saying “Hand them over or else” was waved around.
“Hmmm..$2,000 in tax credits? Maybe we should buy as many “assault rifles” as possible for say, $1,000, then turn them in and get $2,000 back.”
Great idea, except buy a bunch and give back half of them. (The ones you keep will be free!)
I am so sorry, but she is one ugly woman. Is she married or did she go full woman’s lib and hate men in her youth, thus is alone and ugly now?
Yes, she is married.
FMCDH(BITS)
If they survive they can then sweep up the empty casings and recycle the brass.
So, if I purchase an assault weapon for $500, I can get $2,000 for it from the government. Net profit: $1,500.
I can get $2,000 for it from the government.
Think very very carefully. Who is the government, and where do they get any cash? You purchase with your own money, a semi-automatic firearm, misnamed an assault weapon. The Government supplies you with a two thouand dollar tax credit, also from your own pocket, or your generous neighbors, you turn in the gun. Net Loss 2,500 dollars and the gun.
...and once again the government has taken the American people to the cleaners using their own money and some other things best not mentioned. On top of that Rosa gets political points.
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