Comments on: Let’s Tax Guns, Talk Radio, Ambition and Taxes

By: Bohemond

Bohemond — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:57:18 +0000

"ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
should be a convenience store, not an agency"

By: Jack_Kennedy

Jack_Kennedy — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:22:32 +0000

I have 5,000 rounds and I am thinking that it's not enough.

By: PaulK

PaulK — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:52:37 +0000

There already is a gun and ammunition tax of 11%. It's been in place for decades with no change proposed until the recent campaign when Obama stated his support for a 500% increase.

By: kadaka

kadaka — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:01:43 +0000

You mean a cap and ball revolver? Link goes to a Remington model, although the Colts were popular as well. I like this one since you can quickly reload by swapping in loaded cylinders. They also made revolver rifles in that age. The problem comes in needing percussion caps, a little web research will find recipes for shock sensitive materials and stamping out your own caps from thin stock is doable with minimal equipment, but that is still needing something extra. I am mechanically inclined enough to see a way around that. You can have cylinders with a small diameter hole at the back of the chamber, like with the nipple on a flintlock. Preload the cylinders then seal the back with a piece of waxed paper or similar. With an enclosed spark-producing mechanism, you can have a hollow piece (sort of like a hypodermic needle) that pierces the cover right before the sparks are sent down the tube. Similar ideas were tried during the relatively brief period of invention when quick reloading was considered before cartridges with primers became standard, right before caps became used with paper "cartridges" (wrapped loads ready to be stuffed). Who is John Ringo? I considered flintlock variations because PA has a muzzleloading deer season. It was "traditional" flintlock only, then recently went "anything goes" as long as it is a frontstuffer.

By: Primer

Primer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:58:06 +0000

Dam! Your right……oh well, back to the drawing board………..

By: Primer

Primer — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:55:05 +0000

Hey that's funny……..They say a sense of humor is a sign your on the way to recovery!

By: v....

v.... — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 18:15:17 +0000

Yes. As a liberal, I am very happy they don't tax my bong hits. If they did, I might have to smoke less of "the dope," and then I would awaken from my stupor and realize how right you guys are. Spot-on. Look, I have to get back to my bong and laugh bitterly at David Letterman while I celebrate the destruction of culture.

By: JRG3

JRG3 — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:25:22 +0000

Funny about the way different entities look at 'income'. The feds tax my retirement pay as income. During my divorce, the state of florida considered it divisible property. I guess our money can be anything the government wants it to be.

By: Duude

Duude — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:23:45 +0000

While I truly haven't found a tax I like, I have a few that might bring a grin to my face.
!) Require all politicians have an auditor appointed by an independent group that will audit the full fair expense of all campaigning and all campaign contributions for source and amount. From this total a 20% excise tax will be applied, first to cover the expense of the audit and the remainder goes to the general fund.
2) We need a full-time staff of investigators and auditors given full access to all accounts of the 535 congressmen and 100 Senators in Washington. They will be paid for from the $1 million already allotted for congressional office expenses.
3) We truly need to audit the many political action committees that hide behind a tax free organization. The law is clear already, but enforcement is nonexistent. Political groups such as the ACLU, the Rainbow Coalition, NAACP, plenty of churches nationwide and others that have consistently backed candidates which is contrary to law. They need to pay back taxes for all years that they have been involved in supporting specific candidates for office.
4) Civil litigation while necessary, needs to be reformed. We need a loser pays court costs rule much as they have in Britain. If you have a good case, an attorney will cover the expense of losing. If you don't, you can still hire them but the future expense may be on you if you lose.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:49:25 +0000

Someone been reading a John Ringo sci-fi book? March Upcountry. Not a bad idea… some sort of multi-shot ability would be nice though… I hear some of the old revolvers operated on a similar principal.