Comments on: The National Firearms Act – A Tax Law That No Longer Has a Tax

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 04:24:07 +0000

In reply to Tired of the bs. "Pole taxes are unconstitutional so taxing the 2A is also How about a tax on free speech or going to church" Patience, patience. The law sometimes moves slow, but inexorably.

By: Tired of the bs

Tired of the bs — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 23:08:31 +0000

In reply to Sam I Am. Pole taxes are unconstitutional so taxing the 2A is also How about a tax on free speech or going to church

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:27:21 +0000

In reply to uncommon_sense. I think the legal issue is whether the NFA is a tax issue, rather than a Second Amendment issue. Some of the information being gleaned from a number of cases and reports seems to indicate that ultimately, tax law can override provisions of the Constitution. If a tax on a constitutionally protected natural, civil, human right exists, the legal grounds for disputing the law must be based on taxing power, not whether the law infringes, or eliminates an existing provision to the contrary. Thus, the courts disregard the 2A arguments. Thus, "tax powers" cannot be used to support evicence of a violation of RTKBA. And ipse dixit, no tax law can be rendered unconstitutional.

By: Fly on the wall

Fly on the wall — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:11:20 +0000

In reply to uncommon_sense. You forgot mic drop!

By: uncommon_sense

uncommon_sense — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:52:26 +0000

I think that there is a far simpler legal argument available: the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amender occurs later and must therefore supersede any earlier U.S. Constitutional provisions which conflict with it.

Sure, earlier in the U.S. Constitution it grants fedzilla broad authority to tax. Then the U.S. Constitution says that governments shall not infringe on our right to keep and bear arms. Since a tax is an infringement, it is not allowed on arms. Case closed.

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:42:33 +0000

A tax of zero amount ($0.00) is not “no tax”. Retaining the tax is important to anti-gunners, which is why they insisted on a numeric amount. Removal/repeal/elimination of a tax would legally result in “no tax”. Words have meaning, and govt employees are masters at word-smithing (“It depends on what “is” is”.) Leftists insisted on retaining the tax for a reason.

It is politically easier to raise, or lower, the amount of a tax, rather than create a new tax.

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 17:36:51 +0000

The use of taxation power to constrain fundamental rights secured by the BOR means every part of the Constitution can be taxed into ineffectiveness. The founders were not unaware of the danger of the Commerce Clause, but understood the propensity of State govts to attempt to punish other states economically (acting as if they were independent nations).

“The power to tax is the power to destroy”.
– – J. Marshall

By: . 40 cal Booger

. 40 cal Booger — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 22:59:09 +0000

“Bowie knives and pocket pistols were seen as a criminal threat when carried concealed in this era…”

Bowie knives and pocket pistols are still seen as a criminal threat when carried concealed in this era in Blue States.

By: MICHAEL A CROGNALE

MICHAEL A CROGNALE — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:07:32 +0000

A well written and well reasoned article. Thank you. One can hope that the court(s) in which the lawsuits are brought are not ruled by obama/biden/traitor judges. All we need is one patriot federal judge to declare the NFA of 1937 unconstitutional on it’s face to expedite it to SCOTUS

By: .40 cal Booger

.40 cal Booger — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 16:01:58 +0000

Once upon a time, there was a tax and people wanted to be free…and the tyrannical British empire and the British loyalists go all upset.

One upon a time, there was a tax and people wanted to be free … and the government and SCOTUS said ‘No poll taxes’ and the Jim Crow tyranny Democrats and the democrat loyalists got all upset.

Once upon a time, there was a tax and people wanted to be free… and the republicans in congress got rid of it saying ‘no more NFA tax, and the last four years tyrant Democrats and the democrat loyalists got all upset.

Is it just me or is there a sort of trend with tyrants being upset because they can’t tax the people with unjust and, then and now, unconstitutional taxes to exercise natural rights?