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Democrats Pitch Bill Creating 50 Percent Tax On Gun, Ammo Sales
Bearing Arms ^ | 03/06/18 | Tom Knighton03/0

Posted on 03/07/2018 10:54:46 AM PST by Simon Green

We all know by now that the average Democrat doesn’t seem to like guns. That’s fine, of course, because most gun owners don’t particularly like Democrats. It’s only fair.

However, it also seems that Democrats are afraid someone might forget they don’t like guns, which is why they make some of the most brain-dead proposals I’ve ever seen. For example, take the latest effort.

A group of House Democrats has introduced a bill that would up the taxes on firearms and ammunition to pay for research on “gun violence and its prevention.”

The measure, H.R.5103, was introduced last week by U.S. Rep. Danny Davis of Illinois with nine co-sponsors. It aims to increase current taxes on guns and ammunition, as well as fees associated with National Firearms Act weapons.

Under the plan, ammunition would see excise taxes increase to 50 percent and firearms to 20 percent. Currently, manufacturers pay a long-running 11 percent excise tax on sporting firearms and ammunition under the Pittman–Robertson Act, which goes to fund conservation efforts such as hunter education programs, public shooting ranges and preserving wildlife habitat. The jump in fees under Davis’ plan would be set aside for public safety grants and research.

Well, someone wants to make a name for themselves, now don’t they?

It looks like Davis will succeed…though none of the names I can think of for him are polite enough to post on a family-friendly website.

Let’s make no mistake here. This bill is designed to dissuade people from buying guns. It’s a funny thing that Democrats seem to understand that taxing something is a good way to keep people from doing something…yet they still want to tax you for being successful.

Either way, though, this is a blatant and pathetic attempt to try and keep people from buying guns by trying to make them too expensive to purchase. The idea that a $1,000 rifle is now a $1,500 rifle is enough to keep a lot of people from making the purchase, which is the whole idea.

However, this bill has about as much chance of passing as I do of being named Everytown For Gun Safety’s Man of the Year. Maybe even less.

While the GOP has appeared squishy on the issue of guns over recent weeks, there’s no reason to think a proposal like this will fly. After all, this doesn’t just target a handful of guns that some think are too dangerous for civilian hands, it targets everything. That includes the proverbial hunting rifle, all the ammunition people buy for their current guns, the works.

It wouldn’t take long for that to be identified as a major problem, even by the Fudds. And let’s be realistic here; if the Fudds won’t support something like this, not many people will. They’ll see this as not just trying to stop new gun sales, but penalizing people who already own guns.

But that’s what gun grabbers want to do. They don’t just want to keep people from buying guns. They want to hurt the people who already have them.


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1 posted on 03/07/2018 10:54:46 AM PST by Simon Green
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To: Simon Green

Obviously, violent criminals are not going to pay that tax. It is a tax on non-violent citizens, so as to keep guns out of their hands, and deliberately leave them in the hands of violent criminals.


2 posted on 03/07/2018 10:57:06 AM PST by I want the USA back (My preferred personal pronoun is "Your Majesty.")
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To: Simon Green

Demokrats suck.


3 posted on 03/07/2018 10:57:43 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Simon Green

Americans need to start coming up with some ideas on ways to tax these politician bastards. Stupid tax, retard tax, thief tax, power trip tax. Something. We need a little more enjoyment in our lives.


4 posted on 03/07/2018 10:58:54 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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Congress shall pass no law................................unconstitutional on its face...............


5 posted on 03/07/2018 10:59:09 AM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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Bring it on RATS we will beat you handily at the ballot box in Nov 2018.


6 posted on 03/07/2018 10:59:12 AM PST by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: Simon Green

Here’s my solution to gun violence:

Since Democrats compose the overwhelming majority of those who commit gun crimes then I propose that Democrats be prohibited from owning guns.

They shouldn’t complain about this since they supposedly don’t want guns anyway, right?


7 posted on 03/07/2018 11:00:13 AM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Tax their constituents’ favorite things.....malt liquor to start....................


8 posted on 03/07/2018 11:00:14 AM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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I think a group of republican lawmakers should propose a 50% tax on the Press in order to fund research on the effects of lying “journalists” on the public’s perception of the truth.


9 posted on 03/07/2018 11:01:34 AM PST by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Simon Green

bkmk


10 posted on 03/07/2018 11:01:49 AM PST by gattaca ("Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives." Ronald Reagan)
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To: Simon Green

Infringe = NO


11 posted on 03/07/2018 11:02:19 AM PST by The Toll
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I really don’t get it... shall not be infringed is crystal clear.


12 posted on 03/07/2018 11:02:30 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: Simon Green
Dear Democrats

F*ck off!

Regards,

13 posted on 03/07/2018 11:04:05 AM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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To: Simon Green

Has ZERO chance of passing and becoming law.


14 posted on 03/07/2018 11:06:15 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (No DACA Caca....Send the Nightmares home. "Americans are Dreamers, too." President Trump)
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To: Red Badger

Yup.


15 posted on 03/07/2018 11:07:03 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Simon Green

Tax on the Brain Democrats have Taxes on the Brain


16 posted on 03/07/2018 11:09:37 AM PST by butlerweave
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Make it 1000%. Then the Democrats will be crushed at the box office.


17 posted on 03/07/2018 11:09:40 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Box office? I meant ballot box.


18 posted on 03/07/2018 11:10:16 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Menthol cigarette tax, malt liquor tax, weave/extensions tax...


19 posted on 03/07/2018 11:10:44 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Simon Green

Isn’t this discriminatory against minorities, women, and low income?


20 posted on 03/07/2018 11:11:35 AM PST by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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