{"id":45,"date":"2022-08-24T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2022-08-24T05:00:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T05:00:06","slug":"a-1000-tax-on-semi-automatic-rifles-pistols-and-shotguns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=45","title":{"rendered":"A 1,000% TAX on semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Anti-gunners have found <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">another<\/span> way to crack down on so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Rep. Don Beyer has introduced a bill in the House (HR 8051) that will impose a <em><strong>1,000% FEDERAL TAX<\/strong><\/em> on a vast number of semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns \u2013 and every magazine holding more than ten rounds.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Beyer claims this tax could be passed with <mark>JUST 50 votes<\/mark> in the Senate through reconciliation, with Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>At a time when Americans are getting crushed by Biden\u2019s economy, a 1,000% tax on so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d would essentially be a backdoor ban on commonly-owned firearms and magazines.<\/p>\n<p>Yet Beyer even admits that his tax is not really about raising federal revenue, but \u201ccreating a pathway to pass a new restriction on assault weapons with a simple majority in the Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>With a reconciliation vote expected THIS WEEK, we need your help alerting the 50-50 Senate to STRIKE DOWN this tax on \u201cassault weapons\u201d and magazines.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net\/messages\/edit?promo_id=17672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Please add your name to our pre-written letter to STOP the 50-50 Senate from levying a 1,000% FEDERAL TAX on common self-defense firearms and magazines.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net\/messages\/edit?promo_id=17672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ADD YOUR NAME<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Anti-gunners have now given themselves two possible paths in the Senate to crack down on magazines and firearms that millions of Americans own:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Last week\u2019s House bill that outright BANS so-called \u201cassault weapons\u201d and \u201clarge capacity\u201d magazines.<\/li>\n<li>The new House bill that places a 1,000% tax on those same \u201cassault weapons\u201d \u2013 and magazines holding more than ten rounds \u2013 to make them too unaffordable for ownership.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The fanatical anti-gun Senator, Elizabeth Warren, is already backing Beyer\u2019s bill in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warren said she wants to \u201cuse every tool available\u201d to make it impossible for the public to acquire \u201cassault weapons\u201d \u2013 \u201cand that includes taxes.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In fact, Warren said she wants to make it impossible for people to buy \u201cweapons that are used for murdering people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t <em>EVERY<\/em> weapon be used for murdering people?<\/p>\n<p>But of course, that\u2019s the TRUE aim of anti-gun fanatics like Warren: <em>ending all private gun ownership in America.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Senator Warren doesn\u2019t care that you have a constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if the government levied a tax on your First Amendment right to protest, speak freely, or practice your religion. That\u2019s exactly what these anti-gunners are doing to your Second Amendment rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But with this bill able to be passed by a simple majority through reconciliation, GOA needs your URGENT help pressuring the Senate to STRIKE IT DOWN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net\/messages\/edit?promo_id=17672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>So please, add your name to our pre-written letter to STOP the 50-50 Senate from levying a 1,000% FEDERAL TAX on so-called \u201cassault-weapons\u201d and magazines.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/na08042022\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-gunners have found another way to crack down on so-called \u201cassault weapons.\u201d Rep. Don Beyer has introduced a bill in the House (HR 8051) that will impose a 1,000% FEDERAL TAX on a vast number of semi-automatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns \u2013 and every magazine holding more than ten rounds. 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