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andym

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20. Apparently there are already federal excise taxes on bullets

Reply to sanatanadharma (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 23, 2021, 11:00 AM

Mar 2021

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R45123.html
so they can be increased, the question is just how much according to t the other posters here taxes cannot be used to effectively ban something to be bought.

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Idea: Put an excessively high tax on conventional ammo to discourage mass killings [View all] andym Mar 2021 OP

Add black powder Jerry2144 Mar 2021 #1

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2021 #9

Black powder is not used for modern firearms. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #19

I know that Jerry2144 Mar 2021 #23

My group (artillery company) fires cannons for reenactments. NutmegYankee Mar 2021 #27

Wouldn't pass constitutional muster - nor would it be effective FBaggins Mar 2021 #2

I don't agree about the constituionality of taxing ammo andym Mar 2021 #4

Punitive taxes that serve as bans are unconstitutional. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #7

Then why are taxes on illegal drugs by the states allowed? andym Mar 2021 #8

A related proposal 50% ammo tax: HR5717 andym Mar 2021 #16

Doesn't look like a ban; looks like another way to increase penalties against minorities and funnel WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2021 #18

There is plenty of case law on defacto bans. hack89 Mar 2021 #25

"One weird trick to get around the Constitution...courts hate it!" NYC Liberal Mar 2021 #26

Wouldn't be constitutional, most likely. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #3

So a national sales tax would be unconstituional? andym Mar 2021 #6

Excise taxes are imposed on directly on businesses, Ocelot II Mar 2021 #10

If that were the case, Congress wouldn't be able to tax alcohol, tobacco, or gasoline GregariousGroundhog Mar 2021 #14

There's a difference between an excise tax and a sales tax. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #17

Chris Rock already proposed it. nycbos Mar 2021 #5

Unconstitutional, sarisataka Mar 2021 #11

No Johnny2X2X Mar 2021 #12

Yup, screw hunters and target shooters... Archae Mar 2021 #13

Federal excise tax on bullets. sanatanadharma Mar 2021 #15

Apparently there are already federal excise taxes on bullets andym Mar 2021 #20

Give traumatized shoppers baseball bats at the scene leftstreet Mar 2021 #21

? This way rich white folks can continue to oppress everyone else? CoopersDad Mar 2021 #22

Right, That'll Stop'em. ruet Mar 2021 #24

The death penalty comes after the fact, limiting access comes before. nt. andym Mar 2021 #28

Chris Rock had a sketch with this idea years ago MadLinguist Mar 2021 #29