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H.R.5103 – 115th Congress (2017-2018): Gun Violence Prevention and Safe Communities Act of 2018

By innovate | March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 by innovate

SEC. 2. Increase in excise taxes relating to firearms. (a) In general.—Section 4181 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 4181. Imposition of tax. “There is hereby imposed upon the sale by the manufacturer, producer, or importer of the following articles a tax equivalent to the specified percent of the price for which so sold: “(1) Articles taxable at 20 percent: “(A) Pistols. “(B) Revolvers. “(C) Firearms (other…

INCH by INCH: Obama Issues Executive Order That May Drive Gunsmiths Out of Business – The Truth About Guns

By innovate | August 18, 2016 by innovate

President Obama has the ability to issue “executive orders” that direct the agencies controlled by the Office of the President to change the way they operate. Government agencies have a large amount of leeway when it comes to the interpretation of the law and how it applies to the American people, and these executive orders are intended to allow the president to specifically direct those agencies in whatever manner he sees fit. Last Friday President…

Gun control laws haven’t reduced crime, murder rates

By innovate | July 22, 2016July 22, 2016 by innovate

Surely murder is a serious subject, which ought to be examined seriously. Instead, it is almost always examined politically in the context of gun control controversies, with stock arguments on both sides that have remained the same for decades. And most of those arguments are irrelevant to the central question: Do tighter gun control laws reduce the murder rate? That is not an esoteric question, nor one for which no empirical evidence is available.…

OHP Uses New Device To Seize Money During Traffic Stops

By innovate | June 9, 2016 by innovate

Source: OHP Uses New Device To Seize Money During Traffic Stops OKLAHOMA CITY – You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture. That’s where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime. Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in…

$1,000 Gun Tax Pushed as “Role Model” for States | Americans for Tax Reform

By innovate | April 18, 2016 by innovate

Steep gun tax concept endorsed by Hillary Clinton in 1993 beginning to take hold WASHINGTON, D.C. – A $1,000 per gun tax should serve as a “role model” for states, according to the governor of the U.S. territory of the Northern Mariana Islands, which imposed the $1,000 gun tax earlier this month. An idea first endorsed by Hillary Clinton in 1993, steep gun taxes have now taken hold in Cook County, Ill. the city of…

Gun Groups Push to Make Silencers Easier to Purchase, Own

By innovate | April 5, 2016 by innovate

Gun rights advocates hope to remove a number of federal restrictions related to the purchase and ownership of firearm silencers. The Hearing Protection Act would exempt silencers from the National Firearms Act of 1934, a law that also regulates fully automatic weapons. Under the current law, individuals who wish to purchase a silencer must pay a $200 tax and wait several months for the ATF to process paperwork on the item before bringing the accessory…

FBI Instructs High Schools to Inform On “Anti-government” Students

By innovate | March 10, 2016March 10, 2016 by innovate

Constitutionalists figure prominently on the target list Report here: http://info.publicintelligence.net/FBI-PreventingExtremismSchools.pdf Conflating Sovereign Citizens and Constitutionalists The FBI and federal and local law enforcement groups categorize many libertarian, constitutionalist and other groups and individuals as “sovereign citizens.” According to an FBI counterterrorism analysis, sovereign citizens “may refer to themselves as ‘constitutionalists’ or ‘freemen,’ which is not necessarily a connection to a specific group, but, rather, an indication that they are free from government control.” The FBI…

The one question you can’t ask at the world’s biggest gun trade show – video | US news | The Guardian

By innovate | January 27, 2016 by innovate

Rupert Neate talked to people at Shot Show about the gun industry, but the show organizers had one caveat – don’t ask about gun control. Find out what happens when he does Source: The one question you can’t ask at the world’s biggest gun trade show – video | US news | The Guardian

Obama executive actions on guns coming Tuesday

By innovate | January 5, 2016 by innovate

The White House announced it will unveil President Obama’s promised executive orders Tuesday morning on “common sense” gun control, but Second Amendment advocates and Republicans in Congress say “not so fast.” They’re gearing up for a battle that will extend to the legislative branch and the courts. Obama is expected to announce his unilateral plans to work around Congress to rein in gun sales and “make our communities safer,” according to a White House statement…

Gun buys, applications likely to surge as pols push gun control laws | Fox News

By innovate | December 5, 2015 by innovate

As President Obama and top Democrats push again for widespread gun control in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, statistics suggest that the push will only serve to increase the number of guns being bought – with gun store owners telling FoxNews.com that business is booming. “We are so busy right now that I don’t know if I’m coming or going,” Derrick Meyers of River City Firearms in Louisville, Ky. told…