Forget Increases. It’s Time To Eliminate Gun & Ammo Taxes Entirely.

By Bob Owens

They just can’t seem to help themselves. Democrats can’t seize your right to bear arms by force, and so they instead intend to tax guns and ammo out of existence.

The legislation, from Reps. Danny Davis, D-Ill., and Bill Pascrell, D-N.J., appears to be a reintroduction of plan they proposed in the last Congress. That bill would have roughly doubled the federal excise tax on guns and rifles to 20 percent, and would have imposed a 50 percent excise tax on ammunition.

A description of both bills say the aim is to “amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the excise tax and special occupational tax in respect of firearms.”

Under current law, the federal government imposes an excise tax of 10 percent on pistols and revolvers, and an 11 percent excise tax on rifles, shotguns and ammunition, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

It is becoming increasingly apparent that the radical left is becoming regionalized, fragmented, and desperate, and for reasons they dare not share in public, they’ve become terrified of the American people.

They’re calling for gun bans. They’re calling for gun confiscation. They’re calling for citizens to be …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms