I have been thinking that maybe we could do more with gun taxation than gun regulation.
Like pistols would be taxed at 10% of value, hunting rifles at 30% and semi-automatics regardless of if it's a pistol or rifle be taxed at 90% of value, and this tax should be paid yearly, with the money going to fund insurance for gun violence victims.
There is precedent with cigarette taxes.
Collectors get a discount or exemption if the rifle barrel is filled with lead.
Yes, I know it wouldn't fly.
Like pistols would be taxed at 10% of value, hunting rifles at 30% and semi-automatics regardless of if it's a pistol or rifle be taxed at 90% of value, and this tax should be paid yearly, with the money going to fund insurance for gun violence victims.
There is precedent with cigarette taxes.
Collectors get a discount or exemption if the rifle barrel is filled with lead.
Yes, I know it wouldn't fly.
“We can never undo what we have done. We can never go back in time. We write history with our decisions and our actions. But we also write history with our responses to those actions. We can leave the pain and the damage in our wake, unattended, or we can do the work of acknowledging and fixing, to whatever extent possible, the harm that we have caused.”
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg
— On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World by Danya Ruttenberg