Originally Posted By: Helemoto
Originally Posted By: sini
How Guns And Violence Cost Every American $564 In 2010

We register cars and pay highway taxes via registration stickers and gas surtax. I think it is time to register guns and pay ammunition taxes.

As a gun owner, why do you expect others to pay for your harmful and socially expensive hobby?


Gun owners don't expect others to pay for their hobby, they pay for it themselves.


Not according to the Forbes article. Basic argument is that gun violence costs US taxpayers ~500$/year regardless if they own any guns or not. I think it is only fair that these costs be extracted only from gun-owning population.


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If you show me how the guns in my house are harmful to the general public I may consider your argument 1% reasonable.


Average gun owner is more likely to cause self-inflicted injury that injure an intruder. So you accidentally shooting yourself in the foot may result in taxpayer costs. These costs skyrocket when you consider taking guns out of your house.


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