As a point of reference, what would a tax stamp cost if it was adjusted for inflation?
Need a poison pill amendment to remove the "No New NFA" from the 1986 FOPA. Then I would pay my $500 for every single machine gun I did a form 1 on. :-) The price for a M16 would go from the current $20,000 down to drill a hold and change our $200 worth of bolt carrier and trigger group. Of course with all these going through a background check, there would be no more worries of a bump stock.
Bump it to $500.00, remove SBRs, SBSs & suppressors. I might stomach that.
Some punctuation might make that understandable.more taxes that what we need NOT this needs to stop they tax us into submission because they struggle to form the socialist state of america
more taxes that what we need NOT this needs to stop they tax us into submission because they struggle to form the socialist state of america
I find it interesting that some think a $500 tax stamp would be okay if only machine guns were effected (silencers, SBRs, SBSs, AOW, etc. were not NFA regulated). Kinda craps on the people who want to buy machine guns
More taxes. That’s what we need - NOT.
This needs to stop.
They tax us into submission because they struggle to form the “Socialist States of America”.
I find it interesting that some think a $500 tax stamp would be okay if only machine guns were effected (silencers, SBRs, SBSs, AOW, etc. were not NFA regulated). Kinda craps on the people who want to buy machine guns
Yup.
However, how many buy machine guns? How many buy SBRs, suppressors, et al.?
If a very small segment have to pay ~1% for their purchase and a whole bunch of other people don't have to pay and wait... Yeah, I'd go for that in a heartbeat. In fact, if you want to buy a machine gun, I bet INGO would start a GoFundMe to find you the extra $300.
I find it interesting that some think a $500 tax stamp would be okay if only machine guns were effected (silencers, SBRs, SBSs, AOW, etc. were not NFA regulated). Kinda craps on the people who want to buy machine guns
What happened to the....not...one...more...compromise?
It's gun owners selling out other gun owners for something that benefits themselves and craps on others.
IF the Hughes Amendment was repealed and I could buy a machine gun post 86....yeah...I'd do a $500 tax but the way others have mentioned it is basically well I don't own/won't buy a MG, if there's a $500 tax on that and not others things that I do and will buy then so be it.
Would I like to see the tax go away? Sure. I could have used the over $2k I've spent in taxes in other places.....but I won't crap on other NFA owners to make them pay $500 for a tax stamp if I won't have to
We lost ground by a series of compromises. The only way we will gain ground back (barring a major cultural shift back to Constitutionalism) is by making compromises that benefit the gun community as a whole. Removing the hassle related to SBRs and suppressors would result in those items becoming much more popular, and would (probably help) draw more people from the fringes into the firearms community. That growth and momentum would set the stage to get full-autos back at a later date, because we could say "See, we legalized those items and the streets are not running red, why not legalize everything?"
Getting SBRs and suppressors off of the NFA in exchange for an additional $300 on MG's would be a HUGE win.
I would acknowledge that setting the precedent for adjusting the NFA tax is a risk that could backfire, especially if there is another AWB.
The vegas shooter did not mind spending money....