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Showing Original Post only (View all)Maybe a dumb question on Assault rifles [View all]
Is there anything the Biden Ad. do about the ammunition that makes assault rifles so deadly? Could they put a special tax on it? (HUGE TAX) (the most popular ammo used)
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The suggestion that ammunition be highly taxed or made extremely expensive
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 2021
#1
If you can afford a gun that shoots 200 rounds a minute it's not expensive enough. nt
AndyS
Apr 2021
#22
First step, is to repudiate gun bans. Once gun bans are off the table, there will be room to talk
SYFROYH
Apr 2021
#39
Assault rifles use a wide range of ammunition. Some are commonly used for hunting
Kaleva
Apr 2021
#10
The advantages of the .223 is that they are are lighter and being less powerful , have little recoil
Kaleva
Apr 2021
#19
I believe the Army is thinking of abandoning the 5.45X45 NATO round for something more powerful
Kaleva
Apr 2021
#43
Hunters are accustomed to one shot one kill. 'Assault weapon" shooter are accustomed to just spray
AndyS
Apr 2021
#26
I have no desire to own any firearms, I recently sold my Colt 1911 ACP because I just
MarineCombatEngineer
Apr 2021
#37
Might not be constitutional in the vein of Minneapolis Star v. Minnesota Comm'r
Amishman
Apr 2021
#38