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onewobblywheel t1_iybiynn wrote

Reply to comment by RD__III in Every mass shooting in the US visualised from 2014-2022 by MactionSnack

Then let's get rid of the handguns too. I'm ok with that.

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RD__III t1_iybj9eg wrote

Just gotta pass a constitutional amendment. DC v Heller prohibits handgun bans.

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onewobblywheel t1_iycvlt8 wrote

It doesn't prohibit taxing the shit out of them.

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smartmynz_working t1_iyef89k wrote

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB) says congress cant arbitrarily or use Federal taxes as a regulatory penalty. Taxes cannot be made from spite or as a means of punnishment. So back to the drawing board.

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onewobblywheel t1_iyf0c2i wrote

It's not a penalty. It's a "sin tax", like the other two components the ATF watches over. See there, they're already in the same category, under the same regulatory agency.

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smartmynz_working t1_iyf1c3s wrote

Constitutional Rights are "sin"s now? Ive never heard of a Tobacco Amendment in our constitution. Imagine if we emposed a tax on other rights. Actually, I take that back. We have done that in the past in the country. And in 1964 we collectively agreed that taxing constitutional rights were wrong, and made it federally illegal.

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