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Gun Control & RKBA

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10. If bullets were taxed @ $1000/ea, any prior owner of a few simple $20 bulk boxes of .22LR

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 09:54 PM

Dec 2012

would be millionaires.

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If we can't ban them...let's tax the hell out of them. [View all] mdavies013 Dec 2012 OP

And arrest anyone whose gun is found in the hands of another nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #1

. tk2kewl Dec 2012 #2

Your tax on bullets is too low. RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #3

that would make me an instant millionaire. Go for it. genius. trouble.smith Dec 2012 #6

How would that make you a millionaire? RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #8

Not if they had to pay taxes on those bullets! RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #12

How does the government register and tax something that is already owned? OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #13

So then just do nothing RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #15

do something that deals with the real issue gejohnston Dec 2012 #16

No, I just propose not passing pointless laws that can't work OneTenthofOnePercent Dec 2012 #18

I'm curious ... holdencaufield Dec 2012 #14

Goddamn, all these ideas have been tried before AtheistCrusader Dec 2012 #4

nonsense. Prohibitions always work out well for America trouble.smith Dec 2012 #7

Yeah, it worked out okay for alcohol, didn't it? n/t RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #9

And heroin. And methamphetamine... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #11

You're onto something. I agree with the two or more Eleanors38 Dec 2012 #5

Only people like Mitt and Ann Romney should be able to afford firearms slackmaster Dec 2012 #17