gun control via tax!

[icp4life162005]

No taxation without representation!

[flygrimm]

It'll never happen.

Until it does.

[STBear]

We really to gain the Senate.

[Ronin]

We really to gain the Senate.

McConnell doesn't think we will.

[JAKIII]

McConnell doesn't think we will.

He said (paraphrasing) that it will be a slim margin either way... basically a non-answer.

McConnell needs to get replaced... he's even old for turtles.

[Sparks]

I seem to recall an incident following some high taxes on tea.

[tl_3237]

In a 2016 decision the Federal court for the Northern Mariana Islands (US) threw out their $1000 tax on handguns as a 2A violation.

7. $1,000 Excise Tax

Finally, Murphy challenges the excise tax of $1,000 that SAFE applied against handguns imported to the Commonwealth. 4 CMC § 1402(h).[36] Murphy argues that the tax heavily burdens the exercise of the right to purchase a handgun, and therefore fails constitutional scrutiny. The Commonwealth, on the other hand, contends that the tax has a legitimate revenue-generating purpose and that the Court should not second-guess the legislature's means of raising funds to operate the government. The Court agrees with Murphy that the tax places an excessive burden on the exercise of the right of law-abiding citizens to purchase handguns for self-defense without a corresponding important government interest. Accordingly, the law cannot stand.

MURPHY v. GUERRERO

United States District Court, D. Northern Mariana Islands.
September 28, 2016.

[PickingPA]

In a 2016 decision the Federal court for the Northern Mariana Islands (US) threw out their $1000 tax on handguns as a 2A violation.





MURPHY v. GUERRERO

United States District Court, D. Northern Mariana Islands.
September 28, 2016.

How ‘bout that!

Overturning legislation without representation

[Sgt.K]

No taxation without representation!

I've never been much of a fan of taxation *with* representation...

[icp4life162005]

I've never been much of a fan of taxation *with* representation...

Me either for that matter.