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Ganja Ninja

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3. Arming the teachers is a cheap way to get out of paying for real dedicated armed security.
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 02:21 PM
Dec 2012

Teachers shouldn't have to double as armed guards. If we need armed guards then we should hire them and tax gun owners to pay for it.

Register all the guns and the magazines and tax them according to their killing capacity. High round magazines and assault weapons would be taxed at a higher rate than guns of lesser fire power. Gun Safes should be required for anyone who has a gun in the home. Yearly inspections in the home of the gun owner should be required for both safety and tax assessment. And last but not least all gun sales should be transferred through licensed firearms dealers.

And lets suppose a gun owner is facing a very large tax bill for the 1/2 dozen assault weapons and magazines he owns. He could then elect to surrender the gun and receive a tax credit worth the market value of the gun toward the taxes on his remaining guns.

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