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In reply to the discussion: What if Gun Owners Paid a Tax to Help Defray the High Costs of Gun Violence? [View all]Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)49. Tax the hell out of them so the poor/uninsured or underinsured
can get all the care they need without facing economic ruin when they get shot through no fault of of their own.
I think that's a bigger concern than being able to afford firearms.
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What if Gun Owners Paid a Tax to Help Defray the High Costs of Gun Violence? [View all]
dlk
Oct 2017
OP
Please, cars are not a weapon. Not anymore of a weapon than a chainsaw, baseball bat, or a rock.
MindPilot
Oct 2017
#4
Using your criteria, my concealed carry gun isn't a weapon unless I kill someone.
Hangingon
Oct 2017
#23
And in response to every mass shooting, thinking people attempt to rehash the root cause.
Hangingon
Oct 2017
#43
I don't think we're disputing that guns are the instrument of murder more than cars by a huge margin
metalbot
Oct 2017
#71
Well, if your dispute is with the title of the article, that's on the article's author
Orrex
Oct 2017
#73
shoul be insurance on individual guns as well as amunition and the money goes into a
beachbum bob
Oct 2017
#2
There is a 10% excise tax that goes to the states for wildlife and wildlife habitat conservation
inwiththenew
Oct 2017
#5
I like idea of tax, more importantly we need to get rid of law that protects gun profiteers.
Hoyt
Oct 2017
#7
ammo should have a federal tax of $1 a round to pay for NON-profit healthcare system for Americans.
Sunlei
Oct 2017
#27
What is a "standard" box of ammo? How would the seller know the "standard" box has already...
Marengo
Oct 2017
#56
100 rounds tax free. because you deduct your tax paid on your yearly IRS report.
Sunlei
Oct 2017
#75
Posts like this are why you'll a tough time getting restrictions on bump stocks through...
Baconator
Oct 2017
#60
Your legal speculations are unpersuasive, and the NRA thanks you for your support
Orrex
Oct 2017
#68
This is one of the few instances when a conservative demographic wants everyone else to pay for thei
LanternWaste
Oct 2017
#48