Biden to impose $200 Gun Tax

Do they really expect that the tens of millions of gun owners are going to say "Yes I own an AR-15 so I will take this tax credit"?

You aren't going to find very many people who own AR's who also believe there should be restrictions on owning ARs....I highly doubt anybody who owns one is going to ping themselves on the government database as owning one while simultaneously getting a free $200 tax credit admitting as much in the process.

But by all means if that's how they want to try to implement this then have at it. There are estimated tens of millions of "assault weapons" in the hands of US citizens, when the government gets like 27 people who admit to owning one I'm curious to see what their next step is.

Many "assault rifles" are fairly expensive anyway, if someone can afford one then offering a $200 tax incentive isn't likely going to persuade them to tell you about it. Add another zero to the end of that and you may have more takers.

 

"My side"? I have no side even though you continue to try to put me on one by stating things like this. Just because I am anti-Biden gun restrictions doesn't mean I am in favor of everything the Republicans do like the war on drugs you mentioned earlier.

If something is dumb then it gets called out by me regardless of who does it. AR-15 taxes are dumb just like weed being illegal and churches not having to pay taxes.

 

If that's the case then put a $200 tax on other Constitutional Rights as well. There is a whole lot of "assembling" going on all over the nation right now as I'm sure we've all noticed, we could make a lot of money to pay for the stimulus by taxing that. Not even $200, just like 20 bucks a head. The government isn't saying you CAN'T assemble, it's just saying it'll cost each person 20 bucks to gather. Should be fine based on this argument. We need money for stimulus, has to come from somewhere and if we can tax people's 2nd Amendment Rights then why not the 1st Amendment ones also?

 

Why should that not pass yet this tax on the 2nd Amendment be allowed to pass?

Do you see where we are coming from now? This isn't us making something out of nothing but rather looking at this from a Constitutional standpoint. The Constitution is not an a la carte menu, all of the Rights provided within it are equal yet the government is allowed to mess with the 2nd Amendment in ways that would cause legitimate riots and uprisings if they tried the same with other Amendments, regardless of the reason why. If it's "ok" to do it to the 2nd Amendment then it's also "ok" to do it to other Amendments, including the 1st and the 15th.

If the government is allowed to pass legislature that allows them to tax me for exercising my 2nd Amendment Rights then they should be allowed to tax me for exercising my 1st and 15th. So if I can get tagged with a gun tax then I should be able to be tagged with a poll tax, or an assembly tax.

The answer is either yes or no, there is no middle ground although as a society we tend to be "ok" with doing stuff like this to the 2nd Amendment because many folks are scared of guns. Being afraid of something or not liking it or believing it should even be a Right isn't grounds for messing with it. I personally believe that many Americans are literally way too ignorant to have any businesses casting a vote for anything regarding government. That doesn't mean I would support a poll tax to disenfranchise the poor who tend to be more uneducated than the affluent to prohibit them from exercising their right to vote.

You don't tax Constitutional Rights whether that's someone's Right to own a gun or the dummy down the roads Right to vote when he can't even name the 3 branches of Government. Find another way to pay for the stimulus if that's the actual goal here because taxing Americans Rights to do it is flat out immoral regardless of which Right it is you're choosing to do it.

 

There is no Right to abortion under the US Constitution as far as I'm aware. A better example is charging a $200 poll tax in order to cast a vote. The government isn't denying your right to vote, it's simply charging you taxes to do so. The government isn't denying your right to own an AR-15, it's simply charging you taxes to do so. It's literally the same exact thing.

 

You have no Constitutional Right to own a car or a house. Amend the Constitution to make owning a car a Constitutional Right and I'll have a problem with a government mandated tax on cars too.

 

It only applies to "assault" style rifles as far as I understand. And as far as I know the only speech that is actually banned openly is speech designed to incite panic or government insurrection or something, IE you can't walk into a crowded theater and yell fire because you think it's funny or something. But virtually no "expression" is actually illegal. I am legally allowed to walk around with a "Down with the Government!" shirt on and stand on a corner with a bullhorn screaming that until my hearts content, I just can't actually try to go overthrow the government.

If the government tomorrow tried to pass a bill stating that if Americans want to wear clothes denouncing the government or fussing about the government at a gathering then it'll cost 20 buck a head in the form of a federally mandated tax then I'd be the first one screaming against that too. And you can't weaponize drugs and be covered under the Constitution because drugs are not "arms". Arms has a definition and drugs aren't covered under it.

What other forms of Constitutional Rights are taxed?