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Taxing Guns, Ammo? Load Up for a Fight
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Recent mass shootings in the U.S. stage the backdrop for an increasingly tense duel between advocates for gun control and gun rights. And that friction is seeping into a debate typically not raised amid the immediate post-shooting rhetoric: whether state and local tax laws can target firearms and ammunition.
Inevitably, the introduction of such a tax sparks resistance from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups, arguing that the charges function as an impermissible regulation and violate constitutional protections under federal and state laws. |
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laker1
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| Sure tax these evil weapons of life saving self defense so poor people in the most danger of crimes are not able to defend themselves. |
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