I know what the Pittman Robertson Act is

[manbearpig]

Let’s see where some of you stand on this. But first, participate in the poll.

Congressman Introduces Bill Repealing Pittman-Robertson

Georgia Congressman Andrew Clyde (GA-09) and 53 cosponsors introduced last month the RETURN our Constitutional Rights Act, which would eliminate the federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition. (RETURN stands for “Repealing Excise Tax on Unalienable Rights Now.”) This tax, first imposed by the...

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[Lance Mannion]

I do now, and I voted Yes.

Sounds to me like this is political theater in response to political theater.
Unfortunately the writer of the article demonstrated a fair amount ignorance on the general subject:

"It’s also worth noting that, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), gun sales are at unprecedented levels, and firearm production has risen substantially since the 1990s. If Pittman-Robertson was hurting the gun industry, we would expect the opposite. My sources also tell me that support for Rep. Clyde’s bill among gun makers is essentially nil. These are the folks who have to pay the excise tax well before the consumer purchases the product."

 

[manbearpig]

Ignorance how?

generally you explain claims made in rebuttal.

 

[StuAzole]

newsome will end guns so it’s irrelevant

 

[Lance Mannion]

Ignorance how?

generally you explain claims made in rebuttal.

Why in the fcuk would one expect a 1937 Act to suddenly impact gun sales beginning in the 90's? I'd bet that about 99.999999% of gun purchases are made in complete ignorance of the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937.

That's why.

 

[manbearpig]

Why in the fcuk would one expect a 1937 Act to suddenly impact gun sales beginning in the 90's? I'd bet that about 99.999999% of gun purchases are made in complete ignorance of the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937.

That's why.

Ooooff bud you might want to delete that while you still can.

I’ll delete mine in pity.

 

[Lance Mannion]

Ooooff bud you might want to delete that while you still can.

I’ll delete mine in pity.

Feel free to rebut.

 

[manbearpig]

Feel free to rebut.

Did you happen to do any kind of research as to why he might have stated “firearm sales have risen substantially since the 1990s”?

like maybe click the citation provided maybe?

 

[Lance Mannion]

Did you happen to do any kind of research as to why he might have stated “firearm sales have risen substantially since the 1990s”?

like maybe click the citation provided maybe?

I did not contend that this was untrue, bonehead.

 

[manbearpig]

I did not contend that this was untrue, bonehead.

So then what’s the problem fathead?

 

[Lance Mannion]

So then what’s the problem fathead?

The problem is that you've obviously fixated on one line out the paragraph that I cut n pasted.

 

[manbearpig]

The problem is that you've obviously fixated on one line out the paragraph that I cut n pasted.

That’s the line you said you had a problem with. So what’s the problem?

 

[Lance Mannion]

That’s the line you said you had a problem with. So what’s the problem?

"It’s also worth noting that, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), gun sales are at unprecedented levels, and firearm production has risen substantially since the 1990s. If Pittman-Robertson was hurting the gun industry, we would expect the opposite. My sources also tell me that support for Rep. Clyde’s bill among gun makers is essentially nil. These are the folks who have to pay the excise tax well before the consumer purchases the product."

No, we should not "expect the opposite"

"Why in the fcuk would one expect a 1937 Act to suddenly impact gun sales beginning in the 90's? I'd bet that about 99.999999% of gun purchases are made in complete ignorance of the Pittman-Robertson Act of 1937."

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

“Ryan "Cal" Callaghan is MeatEater's Director of Conservation and a national board member of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers.”


“Activist Facts identifies BHA’s largest funding sources as the Western Conservation Foundation (WCF), which in 2011 and 2012 donated $278,423 to BHA. WCF has given to other known far-left radical groups including Earth Justice and the Tides Foundation. BHA also receives donations from the Wilburforce Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, and several other foundations known for their extremist ideological leanings.

Land Tawny, the director of BHA, is also a leftist operative who ran the liberal political action committee (PAC) with an equally-deceptive name, “Montana Hunters and Anglers Leadership Fund (MHA),” which, according to Activist Facts: “

…spent $1.1 million against Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Rehberg, who was challenging Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester. [Land Tawny’s PAC] also spent $500,000 in support of the libertarian candidate as a strategy of drawing votes away from the Republican. MHA received several hundred thousand dollars from the League of Conservation Voters, a liberal environmentalist group.”