Comment by Carbine on 'On Target'

Carbine — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:50:09 GMT

Only one of Gary's friends could have come up with such a ludicrous proposition. And only Gary would have thought it a "creative solution."

In the first place, the political opposition to an outrageous tax on ammunition would be exactly as vociferous and powerful as any effort to further restrict the right to bear arms. Secondly, people who own firearms OUGHT to spend time practicing with their weapons at the firing range--or do you think that we are all more safe if gun owners never attempt to load and fire their weapons until they are in an actual emergency?

Lastly, does anyone seriously think that someone crazy enough to gun down a bunch of school kids would be the least bit deterred by having to pay more per bullet? Most of these nutcases either kill themselves in their rampages, or make the police shoot them (when they finally show up). None of them are the least bit concerned about their financial bottom lines. So this tax solution offers no solution whatsoever, but then, I suspect that's not really why Gary's TAPster proposed it. "Hurting" people he doesn't like or understand seems to be a much higher priority for this TAPster than finding real solutions. But that's par for the course for Gary's crowd.

Comment by dap916 on 'On Target'

dap916 — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:28:50 GMT

You have to be kidding, Gary. Your "Tapster" and you honestly believe that putting a heavy tax on ammunition can have an impact? I mean, yeah, I know that you lefties leave no stone unturned when it comes to finding things to tax...but thinking that heavily taxing ammunition will somehow lessen gun violence is ludicrous. Guns are expensive...but these "crazy people with murder on their minds" (as your so-called Tapster put it) seem to always find a way to have them. Think expensive ammunition will somehow slow them down? You know not.

I'm thinkin' you wish you wouldn't have posted this, Gary. I mean, after you posted it and read it here on the front page, didn't you think it was kind of weak? C'mon, you did, didn't you?

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