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Monday, November 15, 2021

"If we can't stop it, we'll tax the hell out of it"

This report is a part of "Rethinking Gun Violence," an ABC News series examining the level of gun violence in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it.

While taxing guns or ammunition may not prevent malicious actors from accessing them, some policymakers and advocates say this approach could raise revenue to fund lifesaving violence prevention programs and help offset the the $280 billion annual price tag of gun violence in America.
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12 comments:

  1. RugglesNovember 15, 2021 at 11:06 AM

    The Real level of "Gun violence" or the level portrayed by the media propaganda machine ?

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  2. Don CurtonNovember 15, 2021 at 11:13 AM

    This idea has been around since even before the Clinton days. And even back then we compared to the old Jim Crow poll taxes. It was a deliberate fee to reduce access to your rights.

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  3. Chris MalloryNovember 15, 2021 at 11:15 AM

    Firearms and ammo are already hit with a 10% Federal tax, the FAET, and state sales tax. So much for not being taxes in order to exercise a Constitutional right.

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  4. StevePNovember 15, 2021 at 11:18 AM

    They don't just want to tax us, they want to keep us from buying parts.

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/ghost-guns-firearm-kits-bought-125616223.html

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  5. PeaowedNovember 15, 2021 at 11:35 AM

    Gun violence costs $280 billion a year? Bullshit. Show me the spreadsheet.

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    1. BobNovember 15, 2021 at 12:18 PM

      1 billion for medical costs, 2 billion for prison costs, 277 billion in lawyers fees

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  6. AnonymousNovember 15, 2021 at 3:27 PM

    I'm simply amazed... yeah, I'm not giving these assholes any ideas. The headline is close enough.

    chillhill

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  7. rickn8orNovember 15, 2021 at 6:35 PM

    "After a year that saw a record-high 21 million gun sales (revealed by data on background checks) and record-high gun deaths (34,274 in 2021 alone, per Gun Violence Archive data)..."

    "Correlation is not causation."

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  8. AnonymousNovember 15, 2021 at 6:51 PM

    I have a solution for ending "gun violence", how about ending raising children without a father in their lives instead of the current fashion of absent fathers and "baby daddy's". I remember a time when the most fear inducing phrase a mother could utter to a misbehaving child was: "Just you wait till your father gets home". I also remember having male teachers who were WW II vets. I don't know of any school shooting back then.

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  9. Fa Cube ItchesNovember 15, 2021 at 11:55 PM

    Or, you know, speaking purely hypothetically, we could oh...say deport about 20% of 13% of the population and have all violent crime, including "gun violence" be eviscerated virtually overnight. But that's just crazy talk.

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  10. Andy_TLCNovember 16, 2021 at 6:51 AM

    One can take this in a least two ways:

    Like anything else the controllers don't like - tax it out of existence. Even the courts are ruling this as an affront to the 2A.

    Or it could simply be a matter of making law-abiding citizens pay for the acts of criminals

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  11. Sabre22November 16, 2021 at 11:21 AM

    The funny thing is any money raised will go into the general fund "for the children" just like all the other targeted taxes. NOT for gun violence victims which includes gangbangers

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