Thanks to an 82-year-old law — the Pittman-Robertson Act — Americans pay an excise tax on every firearm and round of ammunition purchased. Buyers of handguns pay 10% while long guns and ammunition carry an 11% lug. As the US Fish & Wildlife Service says, funds collected provide “Federal aid to States for management and … Read more
California has the most limits, restrictions and regulations on firearms, their sale, and the right to keep and bear arms of any state in the nation. The state and its political class take great pride in the burdens they’ve placed on Second Amendment freedoms. That being the case, why are such drastic measures as those … Read more
Beto may have gotten all of the ink for proposing to confiscate assaulty-looking rifles, but there are other ways to disarm Americans that don’t involve grabbing guns. After some time in the statist sweat lodge, Princess Lieawatha’s big brainstorm is to increase the taxes on guns and ammo to confiscatory levels. That, of course, would … Read more
Why The World’s Militaries Love The Glock Who can argue with perfection? . . . In the intervening thirty-five years, the Glock has become the dominant handgun in a crowded field of competitors. Despite stiff competition from countries emulating his polymer design, Glock 17 handguns serve with such diverse forces as the British Armed Forces, the Swedish Armed Forces, … Read more
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