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Huh? A tax wouldn’t have stopped the most recent Texas school shooting. A felony for not paying taxes seems needlessly punitive btw
by endisneigh 4y ago
Huh? A tax wouldn’t have stopped the most recent Texas school shooting. A felony for not paying taxes seems needlessly punitive btw
- Spooky23 4y agoSure it would. The compliance costs and reduced volumes would significantly increase the cost of the AR-15. Johnny Crackhead doesn’t have $5k to buy his toy. Back in the 90s when the assault weapons ban was in place, private sales prices for legal AR-15s were easily 3-5x more in 1995 dollars. You regulate the legal sales to keep guns away from unqualified individuals. There such a glut of firearms on the market, a black market will spring up, so when those customers kill people, you go up the food chain and throw the black market arms dealers in prison where they belong. Regulation works. There are people with NFA licenses who own Gatling guns, Tommy guns, BARs, etc. These are true firearms enthusiasts who don’t hurt anyone. Use a similar framework and get the crazy people away from firearms.