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Showing Original Post only (View all)Idea: Put an excessively high tax on conventional ammo to discourage mass killings [View all]
but not on non-lethal ammo like rubber bullets. The tax would strongly inhibit the use of guns as lethal weapons outside of the military. Hunters might be granted a very modest amount of ammo tax-free. Why? The new conservative Supreme Court will never allow banning of guns, yet taxes are certainly allowed and can be used to discourage gun use, which is probably the only way to stop mass killings as all sociopaths or psychopaths can't be identified in advance or even prevented from having weapons.
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Idea: Put an excessively high tax on conventional ammo to discourage mass killings [View all]
andym
Mar 2021
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Doesn't look like a ban; looks like another way to increase penalties against minorities and funnel
WhiskeyGrinder
Mar 2021
#18
If that were the case, Congress wouldn't be able to tax alcohol, tobacco, or gasoline
GregariousGroundhog
Mar 2021
#14