Makes me think of the taxes on the Hoosier Dome... RCA Dome and now the Lucas Oil Stadium still collecting taxes on forums that generate millions of dollars for the teams and owners. Eli Lilly and other companies donations paid almost half of the original Hoosier dome and it collected taxes for 20+ years.
I believe the P R act has worked out very well. Some very nice tracts of land have been purchased with that money. Many parks that have hunting along with target ranges just would not exist without that tax. It's property that folks that are not land Barron's can go and have access to good hunting property.
Like Martha says, its a good thing.
Now would I want a additional tax beyond Federal Excise and State Tax, NO
We already pay taxes for this purpose, and we can see that the laws are already not being enforced. This is no different to taxes on ammunition for gun violence, and it cements the perception that violence and illegal behavour stems from an inanimate object rather than being a conscious decision by a person.
I have no desire to fund ANYTHING these left-sided liberal wingnut soccer moms/dads support.
As far as I'm concerned, ALL of the gun laws need to be revoked... they should have never been passed in the first place.
I tired of having MY rights and personal safety taken away for what someone else did or has the potential to do because these folks can't accept that we live in an inherently dangerous world.
The government already has all the tools it needs to do it's job. They just refuse to do it. Go look up some of NRA News' Deal of the Day videos and see all these career criminals that should have been locked away for the rest of their lives that are out causing mischief.
This thread got more attention than I expected. It's been fun so far reading everyone's opinions on the matter. I knew this would be an awesome topic to post on here
How about we tax criminals for gun crimes? Like actual punishment, not sitting in a jail cell. They can work to pay for their food, work hard, like borrowed mules! Say they try to shoot somebody during commission of said crime? Life, hard labor for life! Actually kill somebody? How about we give you 30 days to get right with God, then we send you to him?!?! That sounds like a fair tax! If crime was actually punished, there would be a lot less crime. Maybe after we get that fixed our fighter pilots can do some range time over known cartel compounds!