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beardown

(363 posts)
9. Stopped too short on the taxes.
Thu Jan 14, 2016, 05:41 PM
Jan 2016

I think that right wingers firing up people in general and gun owners in particular is a key issue as they not only make extreme folks think that they are being oppressed, but enable the repubs to reduce spending on social programs, mental health support, and economic justice.

I'd put a $10 tax on every discussion board posting I don't agree with, a $100 tax on every word published I don't agree with, and a $1,000 tax on every broadcast word spoken that I don't agree with. We can use the money for mental health support and gun buy backs so you'd get something for giving up a Constitutional right.

Now, back to reality.
UBC is generally well supported. Registration a no go.
The KKK greatly approves of having chief LEO approve purchases.
Yes on safe storage.
Don't think that it's affordable and/or workable to do bi-annual inventory. Guns sold in 1997 and 2016 used in crime in 2016 so store get's inventoried?

Where did you get your 30 percent figure?

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so what new laws do you want? Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #1
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... GGJohn Jan 2016 #5
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I refer to it as a sin tax, GGJohn Jan 2016 #11
thanks secularmotion Duckhunter935 Jan 2016 #7
Stopped too short on the taxes. beardown Jan 2016 #9
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