Deanimator
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That's true, albeit such benign purposes are so vanishingly rare as to be on a par with being attacked by a grizzly bear, a polar bear and a Komodo dragon, all on the same day in Rockefeller Center.I generally agree, but note that the purpose of the Pittman-Robertson excise tax on firearms is to support range and habitat development, firearms training and instruction, and to benefit shooting sports. Non game species also benefit from the habitat enhancement. This is a case of a pre-existing 11 percent excise tax being modified to actually benefit the users, and is a rare bright light in the use of taxation.
Overwhelmingly, when a fundamental right is taxed, it is with malice and with intent to suppress that right or to restrict its exercise to a privileged few.