Geckgo
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I posted a message on facebook the other day in response to a discussion that I was having with some guys out here in the oil patch about gun control. What we give up when these so-called "gun control" legislations come up, etc. Thinking that instead of complaining about what's on the table, we need to contribute ideas that may (or may not) give antis the warm-fuzzy they need and possibly even take a small bite out of gun crimes, which would benefit all of us. At the same time, I hate legislation that leads to new laws of any flavor, but thought this was a cool idea, so I figured I would share.
This is the original post from FB, pardon the "Democrats" and "Obama" portions, it was meant to spark some attention:
Hey, Democrats. I got a compromize for you. Since Obama is all about handing out money for things that aren't rights guranteed in the constitution anyways (cell phones, stimulus, etc), how about handing out some money to protect our rights? How about a tax-break or govt subsidy for gun owners to help them fund security for their weapons. A lot of gun owners would be more inclined to buy a safe if they could write it off on their taxes. Just sayin'
The discussion amongst my co-workers was that without passing any new restrictions, making gun-safes, bed-safes, etc cheaper and easier for gun owners to purchase might actually spur them to do so. 1000 dollar safe = 1000 dollar tax-break? I'd bite.
Some things before they come up, just to be clear on my opinions:
1. Yes, govt spending needs to be cut back, not increased, but a tax write-off on a safe isn't that much money and probably less than the cost of trying to enforce some silly legislation.
2. There would need to be clear lines as to what exactly was covered by such a tax break.
3. The anti's don't want to support our common interest, but then again they gotta compromise too.
4. TaxID who claimed this WOULD show who bought safes/etc, so we could all banter about this being a step toward regristation or a national DB. Again, compromise. I don't want a national gun database, but I would like to put something on the table that could have intended consequences of reducing crime without further legislation against what I can and can't own.
Anyone else have any thoughts on something we could shoot off to our congressmen to dump on the "gun control" table?
This is the original post from FB, pardon the "Democrats" and "Obama" portions, it was meant to spark some attention:
Hey, Democrats. I got a compromize for you. Since Obama is all about handing out money for things that aren't rights guranteed in the constitution anyways (cell phones, stimulus, etc), how about handing out some money to protect our rights? How about a tax-break or govt subsidy for gun owners to help them fund security for their weapons. A lot of gun owners would be more inclined to buy a safe if they could write it off on their taxes. Just sayin'
The discussion amongst my co-workers was that without passing any new restrictions, making gun-safes, bed-safes, etc cheaper and easier for gun owners to purchase might actually spur them to do so. 1000 dollar safe = 1000 dollar tax-break? I'd bite.
Some things before they come up, just to be clear on my opinions:
1. Yes, govt spending needs to be cut back, not increased, but a tax write-off on a safe isn't that much money and probably less than the cost of trying to enforce some silly legislation.
2. There would need to be clear lines as to what exactly was covered by such a tax break.
3. The anti's don't want to support our common interest, but then again they gotta compromise too.
4. TaxID who claimed this WOULD show who bought safes/etc, so we could all banter about this being a step toward regristation or a national DB. Again, compromise. I don't want a national gun database, but I would like to put something on the table that could have intended consequences of reducing crime without further legislation against what I can and can't own.
Anyone else have any thoughts on something we could shoot off to our congressmen to dump on the "gun control" table?