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CoopersDad

(2,180 posts)
22. ? This way rich white folks can continue to oppress everyone else?
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 11:03 AM
Mar 2021

Taxing ammo is not the way to solve violent crime.

Zero tolerance on gun crime and addressing the root causes of violence at the societal and individual levels are necessary.

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
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