(12-08-2024, 12:49 PM)Sneakers Wrote:

(12-07-2024, 12:09 AM)mikesez Wrote: I don't think we need a gun registry or gun licensing in this country. I do think that it should be illegal to sell someone a gun without doing background checks on them.  Things will slip through the cracks, and guns will show up that we have no idea who sold to whom, but that's just how it is sometimes.

I do think there should be a tax on ammo. If you want to shoot it at the range you bought it at, no tax.  Take it home, that should be taxed. Maybe a 50% tax.

We should also think about restricting more gun types.  Currently there are restrictions on full auto and on shotgun barrel length. I think we need a few more restrictions, maybe based on reload speed and gun mass.

Reload speed?  Strange, most Lefties focus on magazine capacity.  What's your plan, wheel guns only for private citizens?  

Gun mass?  I can appreciate the composition argument and concern over the potential to circumvent metal detectors, but mass?

(12-07-2024, 05:50 PM)mikesez Wrote: That's a 10% tax meant to raise revenue for conservation.
I'm talking a larger tax, just on ammo, that leaves the range, to maybe deter stockpiling and mass shootings.  It's the Chris Rock idea.

You can't possibly (and I ask this with all sincerity) believe a 40% increase in the tax on ammo will deter mass shootings?  1, 2, 3 victims down.  Plenty of targets still out there, but that's enough ammo for today.  I'll come back after the next paycheck?

How many rounds must one hold to be "stockpiling"?  I gotta count my ammo and see if I qualify! 

What I mean by reload speed is the time it takes from firing one semiautomatic round to firing the next round, accounting for the ergonomics of pulling the trigger.  It's the whole thing that bumpstocks get around.

What I mean by gun mass is the larger the mass, the smaller the recoil, and the easier it is to maintain your aim. Larger mass like a semi-automatic rifle should be considered more dangerous and more restricted than smaller mass like a handgun. 

As for taxing ammo, I do think a relatively low tax would change behavior, but if I'm wrong, then it's not worth doing. It may be that the tax would have to be extremely high before behavior changed.

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