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leeroysphitz

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15. If enough people got angry enough we could put cost prohibitive taxes on non-hunting weapons
Sat Dec 15, 2012, 02:23 PM
Dec 2012

and ammo. Things like Glocks and and high capacity clips, items whose only use is to kill people. Make them so expensive they become RARE luxury collector's items.

Hit them where it hurts. Manufacturers don't produce things in large numbers that don't sell in large numbers so the weapons physically available to buy, steal or shoot would be reduced, over time, as manufacturing is voluntarily curtailed and older weapons, already in public hands, are removed from circulation due to misuse, poor maintenance, confiscation (when used during crimes) or just getting moth balled in a shoe box in the closet by owners who finally grow up.

The federal and state governments have the power to levy such taxes, if enough angry citizens demand it. It is working with tobacco and I think this method could be a way to exercise some measure of gun control potentially reducing the number of kindergartners murdered by mad men while not violating anybody's precious, holy, god given constitutional gun rights.

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guns are, apparently, more addictive than cigarettes. - n/t lapfog_1 Dec 2012 #1
We had a National conversation about Four Loko alcohol and it was banned in like what, 3 weeks? JaneyVee Dec 2012 #2
Trivia: The first anti-smoking campaign was started by the Nazis. Jamastiene Dec 2012 #3
Perfect! NYC_SKP Dec 2012 #4
No wonder I felt an evil influence....it is interesting! nt fadedrose Dec 2012 #5
What's truly evil is exposing people liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #10
I don't think King James could have been a Nazi... JHB Dec 2012 #11
You want to pay $200 a month for my asthma meds? XemaSab Dec 2012 #6
I never smoked in the same room as kids or sick people fadedrose Dec 2012 #7
"it's good that there's not cigarette smoke everywhere you go. That's how it should be with guns." leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #14
There are fundamental differences between the two ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #8
Bit of correction needed, but a germ of a maybe. dmallind Dec 2012 #9
They changed the collective conscience, which arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #12
why would you want a gun ban as toothless as most smoking bans? uncle ray Dec 2012 #13
If enough people got angry enough we could put cost prohibitive taxes on non-hunting weapons leeroysphitz Dec 2012 #15
the non-stop harping of non-smokers helped me quit Skittles Dec 2012 #16
The larger point is well-taken: what SEEMS politically "impossible" is actually possible alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #17
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