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That's because Alex Jones did his usual fear-mongering spin. And the OP, instead of reading something first before posting, perpetuated that false spin onto this forum.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for surrendering to authorities certain assault weapons.
Originally posted by six67seven
if you read the OP its obviously a credit program
confiscate
v confiscate [ˈkonfiskeit]
to seize or take (something) away
Originally posted by GoOfYFoOt
reply to post by six67seven
Here's an intersting side note...
If this passes, tax-paying gun owners in this Country, will in effect, be paying to remove many desirable guns from the land, forever...The taxes credited will have to be made up with other taxes. OUR TAXES. So, the Feds want to borrow the money from us, to buy guns for them, that we can't have....???
A credit program is the opposite of confiscation
You Know , your right , If it was someones kid on this site that got killed , they wouldn't be screaming all this gun control crap, do we really need assault weapons in the US ? No we don't need them , there only purpose is for war ,nothing else . I know what it's like to lose a child , and as a parent ,you will do anything to prevent this from ever happening again , and I don't mean by arming teachers with guns. Assault weapons need to be banned !
Originally posted by kobewan69
Why is everybody so pissed off? They want to ban Assault weapons. That makes complete sense. Not to mention that seriously, there is something really wrong with you if you own an assault rifle. Why on earth would you need one? Do you plan on invading a country? Is a pistol not enough? Really. Why all the fuss about it, it's normal to not allow everybody to own assault rifles
Originally posted by seeker1963
reply to post by _BoneZ_
A credit program is the opposite of confiscation
So here we have another progressive using semantics trying to derail the thread????
Originally posted by neo96
The BS is people thinking the second amendment is up for debate its not the first isn't so what the hell makes people the second is?
Oh because pundits think it should be.
The first amendment has all types of regulation....Pornography...advertising ciggerretes to kids on the Disney channel...screaming fire in a crowded theater...
Why do you think the 2nd Amendment stands alone as "right" without exception? The conservative supreme court ruled that it could and should be regulated...Scalia et al. Geez...it's the ONLY amendment in the bill of rights that has the word "regulated'!
Originally posted by Aloysius the Gaul
Originally posted by GoOfYFoOt
reply to post by six67seven
Here's an intersting side note...
If this passes, tax-paying gun owners in this Country, will in effect, be paying to remove many desirable guns from the land, forever...The taxes credited will have to be made up with other taxes. OUR TAXES. So, the Feds want to borrow the money from us, to buy guns for them, that we can't have....???
all government spending is paid for by taxpayers (or import duty payers, or customers of Govt owned trading concerns, who are inevittably taxpayers, etc) - so what?
So of course the general public will pay for any Govt "buy back" option ...........why not? the aim is to reduce the mayhem that assault weapons can make easier to cause, so there is a public benefit.
What is the problem with a public benefit paid for by public funds?
Originally posted by beezzer
Every time an anti-gun law is introduced, a progressive gets his wings.
Originally posted by RalagaNarHallas
reply to post by wrksstudios
naw we can give them some of our guns,the broken ones the ones that we dont want and cant sell for any decent amount of money if this passes just buy up a junk gun and trade it in for 2 grand,easy way to make uncle sam feel good about giving us money for stuff thats crap or already broken....nothing in the law says they have to be working lol we will just keep the good guns and give them the crap
Originally posted by flexy123
Originally posted by RalagaNarHallas
reply to post by wrksstudios
naw we can give them some of our guns,the broken ones the ones that we dont want and cant sell for any decent amount of money if this passes just buy up a junk gun and trade it in for 2 grand,easy way to make uncle sam feel good about giving us money for stuff thats crap or already broken....nothing in the law says they have to be working lol we will just keep the good guns and give them the crap
Seriously I dont want to chime in again, but this bill IS totally idiotic. Replies such as that and others make clear HOW idiotic this bill is. Give them "free money" so they can buy more guns? What idiot came up with that idea?
And..as if the potential psychos and killers will trade-in their weapons for good?
It's a given that THOSE who WILL give their weapons are very, very unlikely NOT those who will at some point go berzerk at the next school killing spree.
Let's assume I am *for* fun control - but asking people to voluntarily "trade-in" their weapons for money is the stupidest thing I can even imagine to go about it.edit on 17-1-2013 by flexy123 because: (no reason given)
TextWhy is everybody so pissed off? They want to ban Assault weapons. That makes complete sense. Not to mention that seriously, there is something really wrong with you if you own an assault rifle. Why on earth would you need one?