MadisonsGhost
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- Apr 8, 2020
- 2
Should be unconstitutional
Putting a tax on your already owned firearms should be unconstitutional, for the simple reason that it puts a condition on a right. You'd no longer own the gun because you have a right to, but because you've paid a tax. A right with a provision like that isn't a right, it's a privilege. And privileges can be taken away (as the law threatens), but a right cannot (according to the founding document of this country). And it ain't the Bill of Privileges.
Putting a tax on your already owned firearms should be unconstitutional, for the simple reason that it puts a condition on a right. You'd no longer own the gun because you have a right to, but because you've paid a tax. A right with a provision like that isn't a right, it's a privilege. And privileges can be taken away (as the law threatens), but a right cannot (according to the founding document of this country). And it ain't the Bill of Privileges.