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Is it true that . . . Senate Bill SB-2099 will require owners of firearms to pay a $50 charge per gun and list each gun on their federal tax form?
The answer is no. This Internet rumor states that SB-2099 is legislation currently being considered by the Senate. The bill supposedly requires owners of firearms to list on their 1040 tax return all guns they own and then pay a $50 charge per firearm. There is no such legislation by this name in the 111th Congress.
Originally posted by phlake
About time you get some gun-control! Even if only regular, nice people own guns, we know for a fact that all humans tend to act irrationaly in given circumstances. An irrational average joe with a gun is far worse than an average joe with a pair of scissors.
However, I agree on the fact that the process is done under the table, which is never good.
Only a population living in constant fear will feel the need to own an arsenal of guns. I hope your government will stop scaring you someday...
There actually was a U.S. Senate bill with that number that would have taxed handguns -- nine years ago. It was introduced by anti-gun Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), and it would have included handguns under the National Firearms Act's tax and registration scheme. This has nothing to do with anyone's Form 1040, of course.
Fortunately, S. 2099 disappeared without any action by the Senate, back when Bill Clinton was still in the White House. We reported about it back then, just as we report about new anti-gun bills every week. Now, it's time for gun owners to drop this old distraction and focus on the real threats at hand.
www.nraila.org...
Originally posted by phlake
Only a population living in constant fear will feel the need to own an arsenal of guns. I hope your government will stop scaring you someday...
Springfield, VA - -(AmmoLand.com)-Recently, there have been a lot of emails and phone calls about SB 2099 — a “new” bill that purportedly requires Americans to claim guns on their 1040 federal tax forms, provide fingerprints, and pay a $50 tax on each individual handgun they own.
The Hoax Reads:
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2009 1040 federal tax form all guns that you have or own. It may require
fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.
This bill was introduced on Feb. 24. This bill will become public knowledge 30 days after it is voted into law. This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means that the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate voting on it at all.
The full text of the proposed amendment is on the U.S. Senate homepage, www.senate.gov...
You can find the bill by doing a search by the bill number, SB-2099.
This is simply not true. There is no S. 2099 in the Congress right now. This is simply a case of taking a little bit of truth from an old bill that was shot down, and creating a hoax. For more information, please visit the Snopes website, which is an excellent resource for debunking internet rumors.
The specific URL regarding SB 2099 is:
www.snopes.com...
Originally posted by whoshotJR
Originally posted by Seiko
reply to post by whoshotJR
I'm finding the same thing you are?
Snopes is claiming this as only partly true because it is a proposed bill. I also do not see a connection to obama? It's listed as the blair holt bill, it's been around since 2007, with little to no progress.
It wont matter though, people will star and flag and reply but not even read all that he wrote or the links... or what you and I posted.
I was starting to feel like I was in Bizarro world though, thank you for showing I may not be the insane one.
What kind of paper do you use? Please if you have such powerful paper please pass it on.
Originally posted by Quickfix
reply to post by Doc Velocity
It is true, using paper is the best way to defend yourself and I have defended myself succesfully using paper.