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CRPA CALLS FOR 25 CENTS PER ROUND TAX CREDIT
Josey1
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CRPA CALLS FOR 25 CENTS
PER ROUND AMMUNITION TAX CREDIT
RESPONDS TO GUN BAN LOBBY'S 5 CENTS PER ROUND TAX PROPOSAL
The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) today called for a tax
credit for California gun owners. The tax credit would reimburse gun owners
for the social value of firearm ownership, which causes dramatic reductions
in, and serves as a tremendous deterrent to, crime and violence. No less
than 16 separate studies confirm that firearms are used five times more often
to thwart crime than to commit one. The studies found that on average,
firearms are used to defend lives two million times per year -- usually
without a shot being fired.
The FBI has confirmed that over 99% of firearms in the United States are
never misused in crime. But California Senator Don Perata has called for a
tax of five cents per round of ammunition to offset the cost of gun violence.
He plans a press conference today to announce his tax scheme. It may have
already been modified in response to nationwide ridicule of his original
proposal. Regardless, any tax is elitist and discriminatory, and would be
borne disproportionately by competitive target shooters and by the poor, who
can least afford it, but who are most often victimized by violent crime -- and
who most need a gun to deter criminals and to defend themselves and their
families.
"CRPA believes this proposal is ridiculous. But if Boy Scouts earning a
shooting merit badge should pay a tax for the actions of a gang banger
shooting a liquor store clerk, then why shouldn't law abiding gun owners get
a tax credit for the tremendous public benefit their firearms provide?" asked
Chuck Michel, CRPA's attorney. "That tax credit should be five times the
amount of the gun ban lobby's tax proposal, since the savings from crimes
thwarted by firearms are at least five time greater than the cost of the
misuse of firearms."
Senator Perata knows from working closely with the gun ban lobby that the
power to tax is the power to destroy. In the past, Perata has pushed other
efforts to eliminate the right to choose to own a gun. In 1999, he authored a
bill that turned Olympic target pistols into "assault weapons" and turned
junior Olympic competitors into felons. When this was brought to his
attention, the San Diego Union Tribune reported his unsympathetic response:
"If that's what they want to do, they should all move to Texas." Red-faced
legislators fixed the problem the next year, with no help from Perata.
Perata's hypocrisy is also illustrated by the fact that he holds a
practically impossible to get license to carry a concealed handgun, but did
not demonstrate the "good cause" that others are required to document before
being granted such a license. (See www.nrawinningteam.com/calnra/perata).
Ironically, the ineffectiveness of these types of proposals is well
illustrated by the recent experiences of the City of Oakland, in Perata's
home town area. For years, the Oakland city council passed every ill-conceived gun
control scheme that was suggested. In fact, Oakland taxed ammunition sales so
heavily that gun dealers in the city went out of business. Oakland even sued
the gun industry, in a frivolous attempt to assign the blame for its violence
problems to one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the state. These
tried-and-failed schemes did not reduce crime or gun accidents. Oakland's
murder rate remained inexcusably high. Finally, as reported by the Associated
Press and San Francisco Chronicle on August 28, 2001, Oakland city officials
turned to none other than the CRPA and the NRA for help, seeking expertise
and funding to advertise the city's commitment to enforce already tough
existing state and federal laws against violent felons and emulate the
success of other jurisdictions in reducing violence.
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls041202.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
PER ROUND AMMUNITION TAX CREDIT
RESPONDS TO GUN BAN LOBBY'S 5 CENTS PER ROUND TAX PROPOSAL
The California Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA) today called for a tax
credit for California gun owners. The tax credit would reimburse gun owners
for the social value of firearm ownership, which causes dramatic reductions
in, and serves as a tremendous deterrent to, crime and violence. No less
than 16 separate studies confirm that firearms are used five times more often
to thwart crime than to commit one. The studies found that on average,
firearms are used to defend lives two million times per year -- usually
without a shot being fired.
The FBI has confirmed that over 99% of firearms in the United States are
never misused in crime. But California Senator Don Perata has called for a
tax of five cents per round of ammunition to offset the cost of gun violence.
He plans a press conference today to announce his tax scheme. It may have
already been modified in response to nationwide ridicule of his original
proposal. Regardless, any tax is elitist and discriminatory, and would be
borne disproportionately by competitive target shooters and by the poor, who
can least afford it, but who are most often victimized by violent crime -- and
who most need a gun to deter criminals and to defend themselves and their
families.
"CRPA believes this proposal is ridiculous. But if Boy Scouts earning a
shooting merit badge should pay a tax for the actions of a gang banger
shooting a liquor store clerk, then why shouldn't law abiding gun owners get
a tax credit for the tremendous public benefit their firearms provide?" asked
Chuck Michel, CRPA's attorney. "That tax credit should be five times the
amount of the gun ban lobby's tax proposal, since the savings from crimes
thwarted by firearms are at least five time greater than the cost of the
misuse of firearms."
Senator Perata knows from working closely with the gun ban lobby that the
power to tax is the power to destroy. In the past, Perata has pushed other
efforts to eliminate the right to choose to own a gun. In 1999, he authored a
bill that turned Olympic target pistols into "assault weapons" and turned
junior Olympic competitors into felons. When this was brought to his
attention, the San Diego Union Tribune reported his unsympathetic response:
"If that's what they want to do, they should all move to Texas." Red-faced
legislators fixed the problem the next year, with no help from Perata.
Perata's hypocrisy is also illustrated by the fact that he holds a
practically impossible to get license to carry a concealed handgun, but did
not demonstrate the "good cause" that others are required to document before
being granted such a license. (See www.nrawinningteam.com/calnra/perata).
Ironically, the ineffectiveness of these types of proposals is well
illustrated by the recent experiences of the City of Oakland, in Perata's
home town area. For years, the Oakland city council passed every ill-conceived gun
control scheme that was suggested. In fact, Oakland taxed ammunition sales so
heavily that gun dealers in the city went out of business. Oakland even sued
the gun industry, in a frivolous attempt to assign the blame for its violence
problems to one of the most heavily regulated businesses in the state. These
tried-and-failed schemes did not reduce crime or gun accidents. Oakland's
murder rate remained inexcusably high. Finally, as reported by the Associated
Press and San Francisco Chronicle on August 28, 2001, Oakland city officials
turned to none other than the CRPA and the NRA for help, seeking expertise
and funding to advertise the city's commitment to enforce already tough
existing state and federal laws against violent felons and emulate the
success of other jurisdictions in reducing violence.
http://www.crpa.org/pressrls041202.html
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
Comments
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
I have no desire to start a pi$$ing contest, my experience has been that even the winner gets pretty wet. I guess I was a bit too subtle but the point I was hoping you would get is that while we appreciate the effort you put into all the postings about 90% of the time, the other 10% reflect both a lack of attention to what others have posted and/or a lack of judgment (discretion??) in what you post (IMHO).
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
Well that would be nice but not necessary.
I have no desire to start a pi$$ing contest, my experience has been that even the winner gets pretty wet. I guess I was a bit too subtle but the point I was hoping you would get is that while we appreciate the effort you put into all the postings about 90% of the time, the other 10% reflect both a lack of attention to what others have posted and/or a lack of judgment (discretion??) in what you post (IMHO).
Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
Lack of judgement?Discretion?Lack of attenetion?I've seen many double posts on this board,I'll admit I post many topics on here and I have seen others post the same topics after a week or so goes by,but does that bother me?No,why would it?Funny thing is I've never seen you complain to anyone who posted a duplicate of my posts,as a matter of fact of 2,582 posts on these boards this is the first time it has even come up,now why is that?Look,if you are suggesting that I should somehow read back TWO WEEKS to see if someone has posted something already then you are sorrily mistaken.Do you not think that maybe I missed your wonderfull,timely post that day?and if you felt the topic was important enough to post in the first place what is wrong with reposting it so those who didn't can now get a look at it.I think you are giving me a "I posted it first" routine and I really could care less.Most people on here who know me,know that I post new and up to date stories and articles.
I suspect you do in fact relish the opportunity at a p!ssing contest because for one reason or another you obviously have an axe to grind with me.Most people would look at these circumstances as " hey I've seen that before" and be done with it,but somehow you equate my one error as a "Lack of discretion" or a "lack of judgement"?I don't know what your angle is,couldn't really care but I just want you to know that you should worry about your own house before stepping into anothers.I would take you more seriously if you were at all consistant with your arguement and when you berate others for doing the same.I don't think your opinion has anything to do with me not paying attention to other peoples posts,I think it has everything to do with you.
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878