[Eagle Eye]

This will play well to those who think that government should meddle in private affairs and use the tax code to mold behavior instead of raise money.

I say to hell with this.

But being libertarian, I'm curious to see what Conservatives think about tax credits for government-approved behaviors.

[boomop1]

Must be another Hitlary targeted tax cut, BS.

[Eagle Eye]

Tax break for gun safes? But how are we going to pay for it?

[Tailback]

couldn't come at a better time, I'm looking at shelling out $1,500 in the next 6 months for a gun safe.

[El Sordo]

Ooohh.... Bad, bad, bad idea.

[steenkeenbadges]

Quit whining. All they want is the combination.

[Morgan's Raider]

The only purpose this will serve is to give the IRS and, by extension, fascists like Daschle, Schumer, Kennedy, Feinswine, et al a list of gun owners.

Unless we could get a bunch of non-owners to buy $700 safes to get $150 back on their taxes. Hey, this sounds like a deal unarmed democrap voters might go for!

[Ragin1]

Just another way for the fed to trak who has what.

Do you really want them to know?

[Southack]

What better way to be permanently registered in a government database for firearms owners than to voluntarily tell the government that you want your $150 tax credit for your gun safe?!

You won't hear Ms. Brady complaining about this "pro-gun" tax break! Heck, I bet Handgun Control wrote the tax code for this proposal...

[elbucko]

The Dems tried such a tactic in Calif, only to have it exposed as a kind of erzatz registration. The "Tax Credit", was the bait. This is the kind of cynical tactic the left approves of in getting its way.

If the same type of law, i.e., a "Stash Safe Credit", to keep your "Medicinal Marijauna" safe from the children were proposed, the ACLU would claim it violated the 5th. amendments self incrimination provision.

[xm177e2]

So do we have to REGISTER with the gov't to pick up our $150 check? (of course we do. duh.)

Then they've got the tax returns with an indication of who owns guns, those people will be audited at a MUCH higher rate.

[muawiyah]

Actually, I proposed a tax credit, or even a direct subsidy, to gunowners for this very purpose about 4 years ago right here in Free Republic.

Initially I had wanted to restrict it to low-income people who might well want a locking gun safe to protect their children or casual passersby (or just to keep the gun safe from theft), but who didn't have enough money for it. We all know trigger locks aren't very good. We also know they don't help keep guns from getting stolen!

My proposal also extended to installing a locking gun safe inside your automobile for safe carriage of your pistol as you traveled to and from work or shopping, or even church. The automobile safety laws would be revised to require manufacturers to provide a safe in future model years.

People laughed!

Still, I had 7 points to this plan. One of my other points was to establish a federal requirement that all schools - public or private - require their students to attend a qualifying firearms and explosives safety course before graduation. This would range from proper conduct in the vicinity of a machine-gun right on up to what to do when your propane tank leaks. After all these things surround us and it is ridiculous that so few folks have been taught about what to do and how to recognize the risks (to say nothing of how to fire machine-guns or set off firecrackers).

Now that America has been attacked by a barbaric enemy, it is possible to imagine such an enemy hunting down American refugees. It is time to prepare the people for such an eventuality, and even if they never use a weapon, they should know about small unit tactics, escape and evasion and a host of other combat related activities that might help them save their lives in the face of an even more aggressive attack.

Anyway, that was a militia positive Conservative's point of view - I suppose a Libertarian would think the people have a right to blow themselves up, by accident, or be hunted down and killed like animals by an enemy, and that the poor be required to stuff their rifles in the back of the sofa for safe keeping.

I think we can do better than that as a nation.

[steve-b]

If it locks, and you put a gun in it, it's a gun safe. I can build a lockable box for a lot less that $150....

[Newbomb Turk]

Oh yea sure I want the Gov to know I have a gun safe in which I keep guess what. Guns! So when you want to round up all the guns you already have a good idea where to look.BAD IDEA

[Waco]

Now how am I going to hang a gun safe from my rear-view mirror? Besides, the trigger-lock got there first.

[Newbomb Turk]

Tom Daschel and a ten year old were sitting on a park bench. The young man had just finished eating 5 candy bars. Tom says, young man all of that candy is bad for you. The young man replied, my grandfather lived to be one hundred and five years old sir. Did he eat 5 candy bars at a time asked Tom. No sir. He got to be one hundred and five by MINDING HIS OWN FREAKIN BUSINESS!

[MileHi]

If you claim this deduction, will IRS computers add your name to some "list"?...

[skinny old man]

Another back door method to establish a data base of gun owners. I say no deal...The dems can't buy (I hope) our submission to a back door scheme.

[The Old Hoosier]

Are there any gun safes out there for less than $100?

[WriteOn]

I'm sure there are a number of gangs that will run out and take advantage of this.

[skraeling]

That's about as subtle as getting a list of owners of pickup trucks. The correlation to gun ownership is VERY high...