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$100 gun tax proposed... [View all] virginia mountainman Nov 2015 OP
Dumb idea Warpy Nov 2015 #1
And the tax is regressive to boot, natch! nt kelly1mm Nov 2015 #2
excellent idea just like cigarettes and sports people who want them will pay anything for it saturnsring Nov 2015 #3
Smoking sure has decreased since they made the taxes VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #4
well the bullet ought to be out right banned there's nothing protecting them saturnsring Nov 2015 #5
Please do! virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #6
That would become illegal becuse they are bootleg VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #9
"Let me tell the story, let me tell it all. About the mountain boy who ran illegal alcohol..." Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #142
Your beloved cigarette revenuers murdered Eric Garner. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2015 #153
Ummm, GGJohn Nov 2015 #7
Illegal....it bypasses the tqx...bootlegging VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #10
Whaaaaa? GGJohn Nov 2015 #12
It will be when the heavy taxes I want happens VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #15
Sorry, but your fantasy is just that, GGJohn Nov 2015 #18
Its coming snd you all know it.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #20
Uh huh. GGJohn Nov 2015 #23
Uh huh...you know how I know? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #112
Uh huh. GGJohn Nov 2015 #116
Yes...whatever I say... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #118
Uh huh. GGJohn Nov 2015 #121
You damn skippy.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #122
Uh huh. GGJohn Nov 2015 #123
still nothing.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #125
Uh huh. GGJohn Nov 2015 #126
How?? virginia mountainman Nov 2015 #38
Don't bother DonP Nov 2015 #129
How are they going to find me? Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #29
Punitive taxes on bullets for purposes of reducing firearm ownership branford Nov 2015 #75
to that I say... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #141
Read the articles you cite... branford Nov 2015 #152
What you want is irrelevant. Straw Man Nov 2015 #79
I would be for the 100 dollar a drink tax Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #83
Hope that Ammo Tax fantasy keeps you warm and happy this winter DonP Nov 2015 #16
Nothing is illegal about making your own wine or bear. Spirits though are still illegal and there Waldorf Nov 2015 #134
They are very much protected Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #28
It's is protected in the 2nd. It's part of the "Arms". Waldorf Nov 2015 #130
Of course there is. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2015 #154
You may wish to read sarisataka Nov 2015 #8
I don't recall printers ink killing 10's of thousand of VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #11
Bullets and ink sarisataka Nov 2015 #13
One kills 10s of thousands a year.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #17
If you truly believe sarisataka Nov 2015 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #21
I didnt say ban did I? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #22
Which, as you well know and want, would be a defacto ban GGJohn Nov 2015 #24
Aww thats too bad... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #25
The only sad will be yours when your pipe dream fails to materialize. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #27
Yeah we are just going to let VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #30
Uh huh. GGJohn Nov 2015 #35
Meanwhile children are dying daily to protect VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #82
The appeal to emotion? GGJohn Nov 2015 #91
are they dying or not? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #92
Not by my firearms. GGJohn Nov 2015 #93
do we control vehicles? YES! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #94
Do we control firearms? GGJohn Nov 2015 #97
Not nearly enough...tens of thousands die needlessly every year... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #98
Register bullets? GGJohn Nov 2015 #101
why not....I want you to have few of them! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #102
This is getting funnier and funnier, GGJohn Nov 2015 #105
It beats the shit out of ANY ideas you all have come up with to address the problem which is VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #106
Well, you're right about one thing. GGJohn Nov 2015 #109
I am right about one thing.....YOU got nothing! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #110
LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #115
You don't have time....America always evolves... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #117
they are dying everyday BY GUNS! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #111
And many more die by other means every day, GGJohn Nov 2015 #119
Yes we should do something about those two VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #120
It's Late Night Comedy in the morning! Eleanors38 Nov 2015 #143
Overheated attempts at moral panic-mongering are always good for lulz friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #150
Exactly as in sarisataka Nov 2015 #26
Its a matter of public safety.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #31
Still pushing that debunked tired old meme? GGJohn Nov 2015 #36
Which as pointed out to you multiple times TeddyR Nov 2015 #87
Well, GWB's ink pen did a pretty good job of killing millions of Iraqi's and thousands GGJohn Nov 2015 #14
Beat me to it beardown Nov 2015 #132
You are deflecting the argument Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #32
And comparing ink to bullets isnt a deflection? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #33
i dont even care any more Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #34
Good give up... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #39
When (not if, *when*) this bill fails to go anywhere in the Republican-held House... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #45
When indeed VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #47
The use of ink has caused untold millions of deaths, GGJohn Nov 2015 #37
Not without the bullets.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #40
GW's war, including bullets, wouldn't have happened if not for the pen GGJohn Nov 2015 #43
Not without the bullets VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #46
Do you honestly believe that the government will go without bullets? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #49
Again, without the ink, the bullets wouldn't have been used, GGJohn Nov 2015 #50
Notwithouthebullets VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #54
Lather, Rinse, Repeat. GGJohn Nov 2015 #56
Notwithoutthesoap VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #59
What sort of press do you post with? There was no Internet when the 1st A. was written friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #52
If it gets you away from the fantasy that this has a hope in hell in the GOP-controlled House... friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #42
Old ass GOP are dying off...it will happen VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #44
Not anytime soon, and not with this bill friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #48
Soon enogh... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #53
You mean like vehicles? GGJohn Nov 2015 #58
We do tax cigarettes whiskey...gasoline VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #60
Heroin has been illegal for a century. How hard is it to get where you live? friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #62
Doesnt kill as many as guns... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #65
My god, GGJohn Nov 2015 #66
The 'dream team' of gun control advocates left the building long ago friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #69
actually, it does gejohnston Nov 2015 #68
Who is removing suicide? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #81
Drug overdoses melm00se Nov 2015 #90
But not prohibitively, like you and your ilk want. GGJohn Nov 2015 #63
Yes prohibitively... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #70
Maybe you missed the part where I said those aren't protected rights, GGJohn Nov 2015 #71
Firearms yes...bullets no... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #72
Again, GGJohn Nov 2015 #74
This bill has as little chance of becoming law TeddyR Nov 2015 #88
No...you can hve all the guns you want VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #89
I don't yet have all the firearms I want, but I'm working on it, GGJohn Nov 2015 #95
Yes but I want to prevent you from using them! VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #96
LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #99
REGULATE until those needless deaths decrease.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #100
We've suggested many reg. that would help reduce the deaths, GGJohn Nov 2015 #103
fewer bullets would.... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #104
LOL. GGJohn Nov 2015 #107
So what is YOUR solution to those kids dying from their "responsible gun owning" parents guns? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #108
Open carry should be banned except for when hiking in the wildnerness, or hunting. GGJohn Nov 2015 #113
So should they be charged with manslaughter? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #114
If it warrants it, GGJohn Nov 2015 #124
Negligent homicide would be more appropriate. eom. GGJohn Nov 2015 #127
You think the progressive 2Aers have no solutions you should see the banners ideas. ileus Nov 2015 #133
Great new approach. beardown Nov 2015 #135
why stop there....why not a Nuke? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #138
How would you use a nuke to protect your wife coming out of Texas? ileus Nov 2015 #144
By Nuking Oklahoma of course VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #145
We used to only have spoons. ileus Nov 2015 #146
And if spoons were Weapons of Mass Destruction VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #147
and bullets today for that matter Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #84
Doesn't matter sarisataka Nov 2015 #51
Extinct? VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #55
Climate change will take a while sarisataka Nov 2015 #57
"Check!"? No, cheap appeal to emotion- your schtick has been seen here many times before friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #61
Yeah nobody cares about children getting gunned down VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #64
Your approach long ago earned a name: Lovejoying friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #67
Doesn't mske me less right... VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #73
It doesn't make you right, it makes you a demagogue friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #78
Children are dying.. VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #80
It's not as easy to gin up a moral panic as you seem to believe friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #148
Fewer every year. Face it, your desired moral panic won't happen anytime soon friendly_iconoclast Nov 2015 #149
The problem with that line of reasoning is that support for gun control has been going down kelly1mm Nov 2015 #137
No, it's not. Waldorf Nov 2015 #136
Planted articles and 'writers' led to Iraqmire beardown Nov 2015 #131
If you want to do this, please wait until we make some huge gains in the Democratic Party yeoman6987 Nov 2015 #41
Our loss VanillaRhapsody Nov 2015 #76
re: "...since they made the taxes high..." discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #128
Kind of like the way that... discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #139
This thread should be pinned. beevul Nov 2015 #77
if you pin all of the threads with as much fail Duckhunter935 Nov 2015 #85
Maybe we could nominate a handful and vote to pick a winner once a month. discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2015 #140
How PROGRESSIVE can one get...LOL ileus Nov 2015 #86
It’s a good bill…I support it. Kang Colby Nov 2015 #151
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