Democrats Pitch Bill Creating 50 Percent Tax On Gun, Ammo Sales

Bearing Arms ^ | 03/06/18 | Tom Knighton03/0

[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.

[Oscar in Batangas]

Here’s the work-around:

Sell the box at $XXX, toss in the contents for free

[Blue Jays]

"...coffee can car exhaust..."

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Those completely ridiculous automobile exhaust systems that some owners will invest an entire month of welfare checks to obtain.
It results in an absurd raspy sound out of an otherwise pedestrian four-cylinder commuter car engine.
The muffler looks strikingly like a silver metal coffee can at the rear of the vehicle.

[Pollster1]

Thank you. Those were at the top of my list too, and it’s nice to hear another confirming vote. I lean Glock in many areas, but I have yet to shoot their Glock 43.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

Add to that a European car tax on all leases.

[Lean-Right]

They’re getting crushed there also!
Academy awards audience down 25%...

[Lean-Right]

It sounds like a fart in a coffee can....

[Myrddin]

Tax on the Brain Democrats have Taxes on the Brain

That would be a discount given the lack of brains.

[stevio]

Democrats suck and thank God for Trump.

[kearnyirish2]

Thanks for clarifying; sounds like something on low-riders around here (cars, not bikes).

[kearnyirish2]

Very good!

[publius911]

Democrats Pitch Bill Creating 50 Percent Tax On Gun, Ammo Sales

The power to tax is the power to destroy, Every rational human adult being understands that.
if 50% is not enough to destroy a right, why not 100%? or 1000% or 10,000%

No right can be infringed more efficiently than taxing it. Can you visualize taxing "free speech" by the word?

Taxing = Destruction of

[clearcarbon]

"Democrats Pitch Bill Creating 50 Percent Tax On Gun, Ammo Sales

Attention black marketers, demRATs are opening up a new marketing opportunity for you.

[Ancesthntr]

“Americans need to start coming up with some ideas on ways to tax these politician bastards.”

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They do seem to be a rather uncooperative bunch, don’t they. I think that I have a solution - I remember seeing various TV shows and movies that depicted Middle Ages tax collectors going after deadbeats. They’d usually end up shaking them down (literally) to find gold and silver coins...so the thought occurred to me to use a physically easier means of doing the same thing to our pols: toss a rope over a pulley, and attach it to the politician somewhere near the top of his/her body (like, maybe, around the neck), then pull on the rope until their feet are above the ground. Then you can shake them for a while and get all of their valuables. Heck, some of them might even become cooperative and begin shaking themselves if you do that (let’s give it a try...I like giving people the benefit of the doubt).