Just One More

Wednesday 28 August 2013 - Filed under Uncategorized

Democrats: fighting crime by instituting just one more tax. Perry Chiaramonte on a new bill introduced by 2 Democratic representatives and co-sponsors of one of the biggest pieces of stupid you’ll read all year:

A pair of Democratic lawmakers are proposing steep new taxes on handguns and ammunition, and tying the revenues to programs aimed at preventing gun violence.

Called the “Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act,” the bill sponsored by William Pascrell, D-N.J., and Danny Davis, D-Ill., would nearly double the current 11 percent tax on handguns, while raising the levy on bullets and cartridges from 11 percent to 50 percent.

“This bill represents a major investment in the protection of our children and our communities, and reflects the long-term societal costs of gun and ammunition purchases in our country,” Pascrell said.

It’s telling that there are some Democrats that really believe you can fight crime with taxes. These people are seemingly too stupid to breathe without medical assistance, yet here they are making decisions about our nation.

It also seeks to raise fees on ALL transfers from $5 to $20, and more than doubling the NFA Tax from the already absurd $200 to $500. Of course what isn’t acknowledged by those who raise taxes to protect the children is that the vast majority of guns used to commit crimes wouldn’t be affected by this tax at all, as they are procured extra-legally, and NFA weapons accounts for no more than a fraction of a percent of all gun crimes making the tax raise on them punitive only to those who don’t commit crimes.

This is no accident.

2013-08-28  »  madlibertarianguy