posted on August 26, 2000 08:00:14 AM new
Just ran across a rather surprising bit of news . . .
Senate Bill SB-2099 will require us to put on our 2000 1040 fedral tax form all guns that you have or own. It may require fingerprints and a tax of $50 per gun.
This bill was introduced on February 24. It becomes public knowledge 30 days after it is voted into law. This is an amendment to the Internal Revenue Act of 1986. This means the Finance Committee can pass this without the Senate voting on it at all.
The full text of the proposed amendment is on the US Senate homepage:
http://www.senate.gov/
You can find the bill by doing a search by the bill number - SB-2099
posted on August 26, 2000 08:10:23 AM new
Wow, $50 per registered weapon. Bet the administration costs will outweigh revenue by an order of magnitude.
Serendipity & Peace...
posted on August 26, 2000 01:22:24 PM new
If you go to the bottom left of the home page noted above, there is a place for a specific search by bill number. Put in SB-2099 and it comes up.
And you're right KRS, there's a lot of back doors being rattled on a regular basis to slip in gun control measures. Don't know why I keep being surprised when I hear of a new one. Particularly in an election year.
posted on August 26, 2000 09:21:55 PM new
Phew...good thing none of my weapons are registered!!!!
Keith
I assume full responsibility for my actions, except
the ones that are someone else's fault.
