07-03-2013, 02:19 PM
stokesrj Wrote:Wait, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. You may not be aware, but the Pitman Roberson tax on guns and ammunition is the major funding for our wildlife conservation, usually pays more than half the state fish and game, funds shooting ranges and hunter education programs. It's one of the best things our country has ever done with tax dollars.
Bob
Bob, I agree that the Pittman Robertson tax has led to many wonderful outcomes, however, I would rather have sportsmen look for other ways to fund these programs. A tax on guns and ammunition is agnostic to whether or not the money is used to fund worthwhile projects or if the tax is used to prevent the purchases in the first place. If a tax on the purchase of guns and ammuntion is illegal with regard to the poll tax precedent, then the Pitman Robertson act should also be illegal. In a sane world I could live with the Pittman Robertson act (and have), but in today's environment, if it must sacrificed in order to stop or slowdown the assault on our constitutional right to bear arms... then that is fine with me.