Dems: Pay gun owners to hand over assault weapons

[Korgs130]

It never ends. From The Hill:

Gun owners would receive tax breaks for voluntarily turning in high-powered assault rifles under new legislation proposed Monday.

The Support Assault Firearm Elimination and Education of our (SAFER) Streets Act expected to be reintroduced next week by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) would provide gun owners with an incentive to turn in their firearms to local police departments.

“Assault weapons are not about hunting, or even self-defense,” DeLauro said. “There is no reason on earth, other than to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible, that anyone needs a gun designed for a battlefield.”

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.

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 assault weapons legislation comes in response to the horrific mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., DeLauro’s home state, in December 2012.

DeLauro originally introduced the bill in January 2013, just one month after the Newtown shooting, but the legislation fell short in the Republican-controlled House. She plans to reintroduce it next week when Congress returns from recess.

She said the bill would help “get more assault weapons off the streets."

“Just days after the Newtown tragedy, President Obama asked, ‘Are we doing enough to protect our children?’ And he admitted the answer is, ‘no.’ That must change,” DeLauro said.

DeLauro is announcing the assault weapons legislation this week in conjunction with National Public Health Week.

The co-sponsors include Reps. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.), Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), and David Cicilline (D-R.I.).

Not that this will pass, but if it did, that would be a sweet return on cheap AR. Buy a Core15 or Del Ton or any other $500 AR you would make $1500 turning it in. The Dems would be subsidizing guns owners! That's some irony for you.


http://thehill.com/regulation/legisl...assault-rifles

[Eurodriver]

Democrats are so incredibly stupid, and so desperate for a gun control win, that they are writing bills that gun owners would actually benefit from.

[WillBrink]

Where does one even begin to cover the level of fail here? It is a great indicator of just how disconnected may politicians are from both reality in general, and what most voters actually want.

[austinN4]

So, I can get a $2,000 tax credit? I can use that to buy two 6920's. Good deal!

[Koshinn]

Could you turn in just a lower?

[Mr blasty]

What's it take to qualify for the full $2k? Could be a good way to pick up a few bucks for shooting more.

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[jpmuscle]

Sometimes the stupid hurts incredibly bad.

[HKGuns]

How is it we have money for this and how is this a proper function of the Federal Government?

Someone needs to take out a full page ad, in the largest newspaper, in each of the Sponsor & Co-Sponsors States, thanking the voters in those States for their wonderful contribution to our Nation.

[Renegade]

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.

This is a great idea, as my PD would then hand it back to me!

Not that this will pass, but if it did, that would be a sweet return on cheap AR. Buy a Core15 or Del Ton or any other $500 AR you would make $1500 turning it in. The Dems would be subsidizing guns owners! That's some irony for you.

That is not how tax credits work. The $2000 would be a deduction of your income. If you are in the 28% tax bracket (only 5% are), you would save $560. Most folks would see a savings of $400 or less.

[7.62NATO]

Most of us could probably turn our spare parts into a cheap (read <$500.00), no-frills AR, and then turn around and add very little cash for a KAC SR-15. I love it! Joking aside, this bill will not become law.