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Smells Like Infringement

Anti-2A House Dems Push THOUSAND % Tax on Guns

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Oh, there ain’t enough Febreze in the world…

Hmm…what’s that stench? Smells like infringement!

Watching anti-gunners try to do an end-run around the recent Supreme Court Bruen decision would be hilarious if our rights weren’t at stake. The Supreme Court’s ruling makes it very clear that the Second Amendment protects an absolute, individual right. Now, like every standup comedian and sixth-grade philosopher, they’ve come up with what they obviously think is a very clever way to keep people from buying guns they don’t like: a THOUSAND-percent excise tax.

They must be so proud of this strategy! “You can still buy guns,” they sneer, “if you have the money.” But isn’t it weird how the government hasn’t tried to tax the right to assemble, the right to speak your mind, or the right to attend whichever church you like (or none at all)? That’s because doing so would be infringement, and they know it. So does the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms! Here’s what they know, and what they’re doing.

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The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today ripped a group of House Democrats led by Virginia Congressman Don Beyer for resurrecting a 2022 proposal to place a 1,000-percent excise tax on the sale of so-called “assault weapons” and” high-capacity magazines.”

“This proposal shows how outrageous some Capitol Hill Democrats have become in their efforts to restrict Second Amendment rights,” said CCRKBA Managing Director Andrew Gottlieb. “The fact that the idea failed last year, when it had a few more sponsors and when Beyer’s party was in the majority, shows just how inane most of his colleagues thought the proposal was.”

The proposed measure, H.R. 5135, was announced last week but there is still no language available on the House website. The only available text says the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 would be amended to impose the tax “and for other purposes,” whatever that might be.

“Congressman Beyer has been very candid about this proposal from the start,” Gottlieb said. “He acknowledged the intent is to essentially discourage people from purchasing modern semi-automatic rifles by literally pricing them out of the market.”

He suggested Beyer and his colleagues resurrected the scheme to appeal to the gun control extremists who now comprise the party’s base. The fact his proposal failed the first time should provide a strong signal how it will fare this time around, with a Republican majority.

“Even if this exorbitant tax were to somehow be approved,” Gottlieb said, “it is unlikely to survive a court challenge. The notion that government can literally tax a constitutional right into extinction is so astonishing that it suggests the authors have little grasp of the Republic as envisioned by the Founders, and absolutely no respect for the Constitution and its Bill of Rights.”

3 Comments

3 Comments

  1. Frank Bonthron

    August 14, 2023 at 5:27 pm

    Mandatory jail without the possibility of an early mout for4 crimes committed with a firearm, must prosecute nin a federal court, DA’s must prosecute gun crimes,
    Not release undocumented aliens that are convicted felons back onto our streets, deport no if’s and or buts. The second offense committed with a firearm life without parole, stop the revolving door for criminals.

  2. NWMO

    August 11, 2023 at 12:42 pm

    There should then be a 1000% tax on their government salaries as well on any political contributions/donations they receive.

  3. Greg

    August 10, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    Lead by example!
    This government is supposed to be of the people and by the people.
    So why does of the people in government positions differ from the general population, they are not different but they carve out exceptions for those who are in government positions . So cowardly!
    What I know about our founding fathers is they knew that if the government has it , so should the people.
    LEAD BY EXAMPLE COWARDS!

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