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http://thehill.com/regulation/legislation/237983-dems-would-pay-gun-owners-to-turn-in-assault-rifles

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Though DeLauro is in favor of stronger guns laws that would completely ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, she emphasized this bill would not force gun owners to turn in their firearms.

Okay, so what is "high capacity ammunition"?

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The legislation would provide up to $2,000 in tax credits for gun owners who voluntarily hand over assault weapons to their local police departments.

The fine print should be interesting.  How many firearms would have to be turned in to get the full two grand credit?  Not that I'm going to participate; it's just an academic interest.

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2015, 04:32:16 PM »
I'd have to run the math.  How many 39.99 lowers do I have to turn in to get a $2000 tax credit?

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2015, 04:50:36 PM »
I'd have to run the math.  How many 39.99 lowers do I have to turn in to get a $2000 tax credit?

I was thinking the same thing, build a bunch of $600 rifles and turn them in for $2000k. Profit.
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2015, 04:53:55 PM »
I was thinking the same thing, build a bunch of $600 rifles and turn them in for $2000k. Profit.

If it is worded bad enough, a guy could make a lot of money on these:  http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/10968/category/4/

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2015, 05:13:27 PM »
$2000k.

Sorry, the credit isn't that much.
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2015, 05:18:12 PM »
Sorry, the credit isn't that much.


Yeah, I know $2k... I was a bit excited at making a living off the government's stupidity.
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2015, 05:42:29 PM »
Amazon has her asalt rifles right here - http://tinyurl.com/mrqhy5c

Plus, she can finally prove the claims that you can buy those evil guns over the internet without any background check.

Hit the drive-thru for those racist white high-capacity ammunitions.  Get the downtrodden and repressed black ones so youu can wage chemical warfare.

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2015, 05:53:30 PM »
I was thinking the same thing, build a bunch of $600 rifles and turn them in for $2000k. Profit.

Why bother with a build, after all, according to the armed collection division, the lower is the gun.
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2015, 08:13:44 PM »
The people of my home state don't want to be outdone by CA so they elect nutbags like her.

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #9 on: April 07, 2015, 06:33:09 AM »
This would probably be a credit on your income. So you wouldn't actually get $2k more back. You take it off the income you report and pay less in taxes. So for example if you make $50k, you would only be taxed on $48k. It wouldn't really be worth turning in much of anything.

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2015, 08:34:21 AM »
This would probably be a credit on your income. So you wouldn't actually get $2k more back. You take it off the income you report and pay less in taxes. So for example if you make $50k, you would only be taxed on $48k. It wouldn't really be worth turning in much of anything.

That would be a deduction, not a credit... but I suspect you are right about which way it would go.
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #11 on: April 07, 2015, 10:03:16 AM »
I really like the term "buy back."  Really you owned this before I did?
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2015, 10:23:19 AM »
If the wording is bad enough, you might actually see a company selling a cheap "assault rifle" that does little more than qualify for the credit.  With some stuff on sale, you can nearly get an AR down to $400 these days.  How cheap could you make one if the goal was not to actually use it?
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2015, 11:03:04 AM »
I really like the term "buy back."  Really you owned this before I did?

All money is their money. They just allow us to use some of it. As long as they're giving tax credits for legal property, I wonder if I can start turning in old laptops and towers that I've gutted and have no further use for.

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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2015, 12:52:59 PM »
How cheap could you make one if the goal was not to actually use it?

You mean like Federal Ordnance?
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Re: Democrat wants Federal tax credit for turning in "assault weapons"
« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2015, 01:04:10 PM »
You mean like Federal Ordnance?


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