Democrats Try Backdoor Disarmament
Davis: You got your tax hike on my gun ban.
Pascrell: You got your gun ban all over my tax hike.
Together (smiling): We might have something here.
So what does the proposed bill do to prevent gun violence and make communities safer? Well, it raises the tax on handgun purchases from 11% to 20%. It jacks up the tax on ammo from 11% to a whopping 50% and increases firearms transfer fees from five dollars to one hundred bucks. They claim it could generate 600,000,000 in taxes to be used for law enforcement and violence prevention.
The Congressmen liken their brilliant idea to a tobacco tax in that if it costs more for people to buy they will use it less. Interesting idea, I reckon, if you can forget the fact that the Constitution guarantees the right to gun ownership. I don’t remember any amendments that protect your right to spark up a Marlboro.
This would be another huge load for the already overburdened American gun owner. Davis and Pascrell are correct. It would make people use guns less. If a box of handgun ammo cost 60 or 70 bucks, people would go to the rage much less frequently. They would get less time perfecting their marksmanship and learning safe handling of their firearms. A 50% tax would be devastating to the average law-abiding citizen.
On the other, criminals would be unaffected. Nobody ever cancelled a drive-by because the cost of 9mm was too gosh darn high. No bank robber would turn away from a life of crime because he couldn’t afford to feed his gat. The only people hurt by excessive ammo prices and low availability are you and I. The great ammo drought of 2013 has kept me from going to the range as much as I like, but it didn’t put a dent in violent crime.
The handgun tax might keep a working stiff from making a new purchase, but it won’t hinder the criminals at all. They don’t buy their guns legally. If for some crazy reason a 20% tax on the law-abiding had an effect on the street-level price of a pistol, it still wouldn’t make a difference. Sure, a gang-banger might have to hustle a little more to afford it, but that’s the price of being a thug.
The silliest of all the measures is the transfer fee. How do you make street scum pay a transfer fee? Is there paperwork involved when you buy a gun out of the trunk of an Impala? Someone that wants a weapon for evil purposes is not going to be turned off of the purchase by an additional $95.
The Gun Violence Prevention and Safety Act is nothing more than a liberal backdoor attempt at civilian disarmament. The democrats are still reeling from the resounding defeat of their earlier gun grabbing attempts. They underestimated the American resolve to protect the 2nd Amendment. But voters be damned, say Davis and Pascrell. They care not for the will of the people. If they can’t ram gun control down our throats, they’ll find another opening to shove it in.
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